Artlessness

Definition: Artlessness

Artlessness

Noun

1. The quality of innocent naivete.

2. Ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit.

Date "artlessness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	ARTLESSNESS, n. A certain engaging quality to which women attain by long study and severe practice upon the admiring male, who is pleased to fancy it resembles the candid simplicity of his young. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Artlessness

Synonyms: ingenuousness (n), innocence (n), naturalness (n). (additional references)

Antonym: artfulness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Artlessness	Noun: artlessness; adj; nature, simplicity; innocence; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity; singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty; plain speaking; epanchement.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Title	Author	Quote
Emma	Austen, Jane	She had all the natural grace of sweetness of temper and artlessness in herself.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Thanks to these children, among so many hours of austerity, there was one hour of artlessness.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Artlessness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Artlessness" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	6	143,867

Language		Translations for "artlessness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Finnish		teeskentelemättömyys (unaffectedness). (various references)

German		unschuld (ingenue, innocence, virginity). (various references)

Greek		απλότησ (austerity, homeliness, plainness, rusticity, simpleness, simplicity, singleness), αφέλεια (ingenuousness, naiveness, naivete, naivety, simpleness, simplicity). (various references)

Hungarian		egyszerűség (austerity, domesticity, modesty, self-denial, severity, simplicity), ártatlanság (innocence, naiveté, naivete, naivety). (various references)

Italian		semplicit� (elementariness, homeliness, neatness, simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity), ingenuit� (greenness, gullibility, ingenuousness, naivety). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 朴 (naivete, simplicity), � 樸 (simplicity), 朴訥 (naive, rugged honesty, simple, unsophisticated), 朴とつ (naive, rugged honesty, simple, unsophisticated). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		そぼく (naivete, simplicity), ぼくとつ (naive, rugged honesty, simple, unaffected, unsophisticated). (various references)

Pig Latin		artlessnessay

Romanian		simplitate (chastity, greenness, homeliness, modesty, plainness, purity, simple-mindedness, simpleness, simplicity), naivitate (credulity, credulousness, greenness, gullibility, naivete, naivety, simple-mindedness, simplicity, sincerity), ingenuitate. (various references)

Russian		безыскуственность. (various references)

Spanish		naturalidad (ease, instinctiveness, naturalness, simpleness, simplicity), candidez (gullibility, simplicity). (various references)

Ukrainian		простота (austerity, homeliness, plainness, rusticity, severity, simpleness, simplicity), простодушність (simpleness, simplicity). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính tự nhiên (inartificiality, inartificialness, naturalism, unaffectedness), tính không giả tạo tính ngây thơ, tính chất phác (homeliness, rusticity, simple-mindedness), tính chân thật (bona fides, genuineness, open-heartedness, simple-mindedness, unaffectedness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "artlessness": artlessnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "artlessness": heartlessness. (additional references)
	Words containing "artlessness": heartlessnesses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "artlessness" (pronounced 'Art"less*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-s-s-s-s-t"
	-1 letter: saltnesses.
	-2 letters: alertness, assenters, sarsenets, staleness.
	-3 letters: assenter, earnests, eternals, lateness, nestlers, realness, reassess, reslates, restless, salterns, saltness, sarsenet, seatless, sensates, starless, stealers, strasses, stresses, tearless, telerans, tressels.
	-4 letters: antlers, artless, assents, asserts, earless, earnest, eastern, easters, elaters, entases, enteral, eternal, lasters, lateens, leaners, leanest, leasers, lessens, nearest, nesters, nestler, nestles, netless, rassles, realest.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-s-s-s-s-t"
	+2 letters: artlessnesses, heartlessness, waterlessness.
	+3 letters: breathlessness, masterlinesses, pastoralnesses, salutarinesses, solitarinesses, stalwartnesses.
	+4 letters: colorfastnesses, dastardlinesses, heartlessnesses, masterfulnesses, spiritualnesses, versatilenesses, waterlessnesses.
	+5 letters: breathlessnesses, historicalnesses, idolatrousnesses, slatternlinesses.
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