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Meaning of "archness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARCHNESS

archness  [ˈɑːtʃnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARCHNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Archness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARCHNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

archness

Arch

An arch is a structure that spans a space and supports structure and weight below it. Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures.

Definition of archness in the English dictionary

The definition of archness in the dictionary is the quality of being knowing or superior. Other definition of archness is the quality of being playful or affectedly roguish or mischievous.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARCHNESS


brashness
ˈbræʃnɪs
Britishness
ˈbrɪtɪʃnɪs
childishness
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃnɪs
feverishness
ˈfiːvərɪʃnɪs
foolishness
ˈfuːlɪʃnɪs
foppishness
ˈfɒpɪʃnɪs
freshness
ˈfreʃnɪs
garishness
ˈɡɛərɪʃnɪs
harshness
ˈhɑːʃnɪs
kitschness
ˈkɪtʃnɪs
lavishness
ˈlævɪʃnɪs
lushness
ˈlʌʃnɪs
muchness
ˈmʌtʃnɪs
rashness
ˈræʃnɪs
selfishness
ˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs
sluggishness
ˈslʌɡɪʃnɪs
squeamishness
ˈskwiːmɪʃnɪs
staunchness
ˈstɔːntʃnɪs
stylishness
ˈstaɪlɪʃnɪs
unselfishness
ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARCHNESS

archival
archival storage
archive
archive file
archives
archivist
archivolt
archlet
archlute
archly
archology
archon
archonship
archontate
archontic
archoplasm
archoplasmic
archosaur
archosaurian
archpriest

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARCHNESS

bluishness
bookishness
brackishness
bullishness
business
Caithness
Englishness
greenishness
highness
Jewishness
much of a muchness
plushness
prudishness
reddishness
richness
roughness
Royal Highness
smoothness
suchness
thoroughness
toughness

Synonyms and antonyms of archness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARCHNESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «archness» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of archness

Translation of «archness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARCHNESS

Find out the translation of archness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of archness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «archness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

淘气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

archness
570 millions of speakers

English

archness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

archness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лукавство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

archness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চালাকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

malice
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gerbang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neckische Art
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

archness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

archness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Archness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

archness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

archness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुरातनता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cilve
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

archness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лукавство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cochetărie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πανουργία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

archness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

archness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

archness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of archness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCHNESS»

The term «archness» is normally little used and occupies the 135.201 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARCHNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «archness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «archness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about archness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARCHNESS»

Discover the use of archness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to archness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Silent Masters: Latin Literature and Its Censors in the ...
VI. ARCHNESS. Meum est proposition in taberna mori, ut sint vina proxima morientis ori. Tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori: "Sit Deus propitius huic potatori!" It is my intention to die in a pub, to have wines in reach at my last gasp.
Peter Godman, 2000
2
Putnam's Monthly
She seems to have come to the conclusion that her part prescribes archness, and so she does it. And this archness she assumes in incredible quantities in the after -piece of Perfection, in which she takes the part of the servant. It is very well ...
3
Putnam's monthly magazine of American literature, science, ...
She seems to have come to the conclusion that her part prescribes archness, and so she does it, And this archness she assumes in incredible quantities in the after -piece of Perfection, in which she takes the part of the servant. It is very well ...
4
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of ...
The boy on this, who continued to sit at his harpsichord, looked back with much archness, and immediately began 5 or 6 lines of a jargon recitative proper to introduce a love song. He then played a symphony which might correspond with an ...
5
Memoirs of His Own Life
an archness and humour peculiar to that nation, " O ! faith Mossop has got twoeyes in his belly?" This shrewd remark was occasioned by his wearing a heavy embossed shape, (tit for Brutus or Cato) a dragon's face on the breast, with two large ...
6
Mozart and His Operas
The boy on this (who continued to sit at his harpsichord) looked back with much archness and immediately began five or six lines of a jargon recitative proper to introduce a love song. He then played a symphony which might correspond with  ...
David Cairns, 2006
7
An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and ...
In reference to a sharp clever apt person in his department, but who has lit upon a concern which he can't manage ; and infers the confused, but arch look of one in that predicament ; the look of subdued archness; the surprise of the knowing ...
John Bellenden Ker, 1837
8
Monthly review
Archery and Archness. By Robin Hood. 12mo. pp. 204. London: T. Hurst. 1834. We are too grave to have much liking for squibs, quizzings, and puns, especially when sought after and laboured by dullest study, and reduced into a handsomely  ...
9
1770-1776: 1770-1776
The boy on this, who continued to sit at his harpsichord, looked back with much archness, and immediately began 5 or 6 lines of a jargon recitative proper to introduce a love song. He then played a symphony which might correspond with an ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), Charles Hutton, George Shaw, 1809
10
The Monthly Review
In reference to the remarks made on the influence which Mahoota had over him, he was very brief : he appeared to feel that he was treading on delicate ground ; and he insinuated, with some archness, that a young wife might have as much ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARCHNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term archness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream
If Martin Donaghy makes a swaggeringly shamanic Puck while David Rankine plays Lysander with an archness somewhere between ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
2
She Must be Seeing Things (First Run Features, NR)
When Agatha and Jo are together, the archness and sense of removal present in many of the other scenes disappears. This film is also ... «Play by Play, Jun 15»
3
Theatre review: Home & Beauty
This is delivered with ribald high-mannered archness by Baron's cast, led by Isla Carter as a deliriously self-absorbed Victoria as she plays off ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
4
Miguel review – intimate electro-funk with a sincerity that connects
... and a lyric book that veers from the Thrill's literate description of a lads' night out to Coffee's hip archness (“We talk street-art and sarcasm”). «The Guardian, Jun 15»
5
Theater Review: Gloria
... unmitigated by archness in a way I've never previously experienced in his work. But then, in the following scene at the production company, ... «Vulture, Jun 15»
6
Review: FFS, the Art School, Glasgow
... Sparks and Glasgow-sired quartet Franz Ferdinand, whose own fusion of dance floor-driven jauntiness and lyrical archness has never shied ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
7
First Date has Biting Humor, Tenderness, Quirk and a Strong Cast
Or are we going to be intelligently exposed to the archness in trying to find love, the less than altruistic motives that are a necessary part of ... «Houston Press, Jun 15»
8
At Boston Early Music Festival, rarities entice
In that moment, the exquisite archness of “Poppea” seemed quite far away. After the show, the crowd filed out, seemingly in no hurry. The next ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
9
Franz Ferdinand hook-up with Sparks – archness not exactly in short …
Franz Ferdinand seemed set to become one of the best British rock bands of the noughties when they released their stunning first two albums ... «hotpress.com, Jun 15»
10
I Watched All of 'Aquarius' So You Don't Have to: A Season 1 Review
Except Duchovny is not suited for self-serious roles, and there is an archness to his delivery that undercuts his supposedly stoic, war veteran ... «New York Observer, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Archness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/archness>. Apr 2024 ».
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