emotionalness

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noun

The state or quality of being emotional.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounemotionalness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being emotional.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*moweō
  9. Latinmoveō
  10. Latinēmoveō
  11. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  12. Old Frenchesmovoir
  13. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  14. Middle Frenchemotion
  15. Englishemotion
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishemotional
  19. Englishemotionalness

From emotional + -ness.

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APA

emotionalness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalness

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“emotionalness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionalness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionalness.

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