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14 letters · 21 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a disposition to allow freedom of choice and behavior
originEtymology tree English permissive 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 permissiveness From permissive + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- impressive 17
- permissive 17
- primenesses 15
- epimerises 14
- primnesses 14
- remissive 14
- empresses 13
- epimerise 13
- impresses 13
- premisses 13
- primeness 13
- spermines 13