exceptionlessness

noun

Absence of exceptions.

Scrabble 28

Meanings

nounexceptionlessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of exceptions.

    The exceptionlessness of sound change is the cornerstone of the comparative method.

    2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 29

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  8. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  9. Latincapiō
  10. Latinexcipiō
  11. Latinexceptiō
  12. Old Frenchexcepcion
  13. Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
  14. Middle Englishexception
  15. Englishexception
  16. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  18. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  19. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  20. Englishexceptionless
  21. Englishexceptionlessness

From exceptionless + -ness.

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Translations

Polish bezwyjątkowość
  • bezwyjątkowośćTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exceptionlessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exceptionlessness.

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