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Markedness Uncommon

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions
Noun
1

The quality of a word, form or phoneme that is considered to be more complicated, less natural or stranger than the usual form.

See Also
phoneme
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Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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