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9 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
noun uncompromising resolution
originEtymology tree English stern 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 sternness From stern + -ness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- nesters 7
- renests 7
- rennets 7
- resents 7
- sennets 7
- tenners 7
- tresses 7
- enters 6
- esters 6
- nesses 6
- nester 6
- reests 6