Dictionary

silliness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɪlinɪs/
• /-nəs/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English silly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English silliness From silly + -ness.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
   • The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it. 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 253:
2. (countable) An act that is silly; a result of being silly.

Forms

Synonyms

schmuckiness

Translations (32)

lv dumjība (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga leamhas (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga diúide (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga pleotaíocht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga leimhe (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga óinsiúlacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga aerthacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga dreolánacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga éagantacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · fr stupidité (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · la fatuitās (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · gd amaideas (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga málóideacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga breallántacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · gv meecheeallid (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga bundúnacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga gamalacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · gv meecheeall (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ca ximpleria (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · lv muļķība (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · de Dummheit (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga gogaideacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga breallaireacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga brealsúnacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · ga guanacht (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · de Albernheit (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · sv fånighet (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · fr bêtise (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · sv larv (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · sv dumhet (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · la socordia (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous) · it stupidità (that which is perceived as silly or frivolous)