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Definitions: Tameness |
TamenessNoun1. The quality of being vapid and unsophisticated. 2. The attribute of having been domesticated. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tameness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Synonyms: TamenessSynonyms: domestication (n), jejuneness (n), jejunity (n), vapidity (n), vapidness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: wildness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tameness |
| English words defined with "tameness": Mansuetude. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
William Shakespeare | He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf, a horse's health, a boy's love, or a whore's oath. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "Tameness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tameness" is used about 12 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% | 12 | 101,599 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "tameness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Czech | nuda (bore, boredom, tedium), krotkost (docility, gentleness). (various references) | |
German | Zahmheit (gentleness). (various references) | |
Greek | ημερότητα (meekness). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szelídség (lenience, leniency, meekness, mildness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kejinakan. (various references) | |
Italian | docilit (docility). (various references) | |
Manx | meenys (patience, softness), meeinid (blandness, fineness, gentleness, patience, silkiness, smoothness, softness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amenesstay.(various references) | |
Romanian | blândeţe (benignity, clemency, docility, gentleness, good nature, good-heartedness, good-naturedness, meekness, mildness, softness, steadiness, tractability). (various references) | |
Russian | укротимость. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pitomost (lenience, leniency, lenity). (various references) | |
Spanish | sosería (vapidity), mansedumbre (gentleness, meekness), insipidez (insipidness, tastelessness, vapidity), falta de temor. (various references) | |
Swedish | tamhet. (various references) | |
Turkish | uysallık (acquiescence, clemency, compliance, docility, ductility, flexibility, give, mansuetude, meekness, milkiness, pliability, pliancy, softness, submissiveness, suppleness), söz dinlerlik, monotonluk (dinginess, dryness, flatness, monotone, monotonous, monotony, sameness, squirrel cage, uniformity), itaat (compliance, deference, obedience, subjection, submission, subordination), evcillik. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính thuần, tính non gan tính chất nhạt nhẽo, tính dễ bảo tính nhát gan, tính chất vô vị. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | mansuetudine, mansuetudinem, mansuetudinis, mansuetudo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tameness": tamenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Tameness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: tamaness, tonemes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tameness" (pronounced 'Tame"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness, Chasteness, Cheapness, Childness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Circumspectness, Cleanness, Clearness, Closeness, Coarseness, Coldness, Compactness, Completeness, Conciseness, Concreteness, Condignness, Conjointness, Coolness, Correctness, Corruptness, Coyness, Crankness, Crassness, Crispness, Crossness, Crudeness, Curstness, Curtness, Cuteness, Daftness, Dampness, Darkness, Deadness, Deafness, Dearness, Debauchness, Debonairness, Deepness, Deftness, Demureness, Devoutness, Diffuseness, Diluteness, Dimness, Directness, Direness, Dirkness, Diskindness, Dislikeness, Disperseness, Distinctness, Diverseness, Divineness, Dryness, Dueness, Dulceness, Dullness, Dumbness, Duskness, Erectness, Exactness, Expertness, Expressness, Faintness, Fairness, Falness, Falseness, Farness, Fastness, Fatness, Featness, Fellness, Ferdness, fewness, fineness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fleetness, Flushness, fondness, forgiveness, forlornness, Forswornness, foulness, frailness, frankness, Freeness, freshness, fullness, gameness, Gastness, gayness, genteelness, Ghastness, Gladness, Glibness, Glumness, Goneness, Goodness, grandness, graveness, grayness, greatness, greenness, grimness, grossness, grotesqueness, Halfness, hardness, harshness, Highness, hirsuteness, hoarseness, hotness, illness, immatureness, immenseness, impureness, incompleteness, incorrectness, incorruptness, indirectness, indistinctness, ineptness, inertness, inexactness, Inexpertness, Infirmness, insaneness, insecureness, Intenseness, intentness, justness, keenness, KINDNESS, lameness, Lankness, largeness, lateness, laxness, leanness, likeness, limpness, litheness, Loathness, Loneness, longness, looseness, loudness, loving-kindness, lowness, madness, matureness, meanness, meekness, Meetness, mildness, minuteness, moistness, Moreness, moroseness, Muchness, Muteness, Nearness, neatness, Newness, Niceness, Nighness, Northness, Numbness, Obeseness, Oblateness, Obliqueness, Obscureness, Obtuseness, Occultness, Oddness, Oldness, Oneness, Opaqueness, Ornateness, Oughtness, Outness, Overfullness, Overgreatness, Overlargeness, Overmuchness, Overthwartness, Paleness, Patness, Pertness, Perverseness, Piedness, Pinkness, Plainness, Platness, Plumpness, Politeness, Poorness, Primeness, Primness, Profaneness, Profoundness, Profuseness, Prolixness, Promptness, Proneness, Proudness, Pureness, Quaintness, Quakness, Queerness, Quickness, rankness, rareness, rashness, Rawness, Recluseness, redness, remissness, Repleteness, richness, rightness, ripeness, robustness, Rotundness, roughness, roundness, sadness, safeness, Sageness, Salineness, Saltness, sameness, saneness, scantness, Scrimpness, secureness, Seedness, Selectness, Selfness, Self-willedness, Sereneness, Setness, sharpness, shortness, shrillness, shyness, sickness, Silkness, Sincereness, slackness, sleekness, slickness, slightness, slimness, Sliness, Slopeness, slowness, slyness, smallness, smartness, smoothness, smugness, snugness, softness, Soleness, Soothness, soreness, soundness, sourness, Southness, spareness, sparseness, squareness, staidness, staleness, Stanchness, Starchness, starkness, Stayedness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stoutness, Straitness, strangeness, strictness, Stuntness, Sublimeness, Submissness, sureness, Swartness, sweetness, swiftness, tallness, tartness, thickness, thinness, Thwartness, tightness, tiredness, toughness, Trigness, trimness, trueness, Truthness, Underniceness, Undueness, Unfirmness, unharness, unlikeness, Unripeness, Unsadness, Unwellness, vagueness, Vainness, Vastness, Voidness, Wanness, Warmness, Wasteness, Weakness, Weirdness, Westness, Whereness, Whiteness, Wholeness, Wideness, Wildness, Wiseness, Woodness, Wrawness, Wrongness, Wryness, Youngness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-m-n-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: entases, meanest, sateens, senates, sensate, stamens. | |
-2 letters: aments, assent, enates, enemas, manses, mantes, mensae, mensas, menses, mesnes, messan, sanest, sateen, seamen, semens, senate, sesame, stamen, stanes, steams, teases, tenses, tmeses. | |
-3 letters: amens, ament, antes, asset, eases, easts, eaten, enate, enema, etnas, manes, manse, masse, masts, mates, means, meant, meats, meets, mensa, mense, menta, mesas, mesne, metes, names, nates, neats, neems, nemas, nests, sanes, satem, sates, seams, seats, seems, semen, semes, sensa, sense, sente, setae, stane, steam, stems, tames, tasse, teams, tease, teems, teens, tense. | |
-4 letters: amen, anes, ante, ants, ates, ease, east, eats, emes, eses, etas, etna, maes, mane, mans, mass, mast, mate, mats, mean, meat, meet, mesa, mess, meta, mete, name, neat, neem, nema, ness, nest, nets, same, sane, sans, sate, seam, seas, seat, seem, seen, sees, seme, sene, sent, seta, sets, stem, tame, tams, tans, tass, team, teas, teem, teen, tees, tens. | |
-5 letters: ane, ant, ass, ate, eat, eme, ems, ens, ess, eta, mae, man, mas, mat, men, met, nae, nam, nee, net, sae, sat, sea, see, sen, set, tae, tam, tan, tas, tea, tee, ten. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-m-n-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: amnesties, basements, casements, easements, mateyness, meatiness, statesmen, steersman. | |
+2 letters: abasements, amusements, assessment, damnedests, enamelists, estaminets, magnesites, magnetises, mainsheets, matinesses, mesnalties, statements, steaminess, tamenesses, testaments. | |
+3 letters: absenteeism, advisements, amativeness, animateness, arrestments, assessments, assuagement, compensates, cysteamines, debasements, disseminate, easternmost, encasements, encashments, escapements, escarpments, heathenisms, impatienses, inseminates, lemniscates, maisonettes, mangosteens, manifesters, manifestoes, mansuetudes, martensites, mateynesses, meatinesses, menservants, menstruates, metageneses, metagenesis, metanalyses, monasteries, mutageneses, mutagenesis, smartnesses, solacements, streamlines, subbasement. | |
+4 letters: absenteeisms, appeasements, assuagements, basementless, chastisement, demonstrates, disablements, disseminated, disseminates, enslavements, essentialism, eudaemonists, externalisms, impersonates, intimateness, malapertness, masterliness, mastersinger, materialness, measurements, misstatement, moderateness, reassessment, reassignment, remonstrates, restatements, salinometers, startlements, steaminesses, steelmakings, streamliners, subbasements, ultimateness. | |
+5 letters: amativenesses, amniocenteses, amniocentesis, animatenesses, appraisements, chastisements, combativeness, compactnesses, decompensates, disagreements, displacements, embarrassment, encompassment, essentialisms, establishment, estimableness, estrangements, gametogeneses, gametogenesis, gemeinschafts, geomagnetisms, helminthiases, imitativeness, immediateness, immutableness, inanimateness, loathsomeness, magnetopauses, mantelshelves, masterfulness, mastersingers, misadventures, misdemeanants, misplacements, misstatements, mistreatments, momentariness, normativeness, passementerie, pedestrianism, permanentness, planetesimals, prematureness, proximateness, readjustments, reassessments, reassignments, remonstrances, segmentations, semisedentary, statesmanlike, supplementals, temperateness, temporariness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 61 6D 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .- -- . -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01100001 01101101 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T a m e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0061 006D 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5467797180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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