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vocalness

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 vocalness From vocal + -ness.

  1. derived from vocal English vocal Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 vocalness From vocal + -ness
  2. derived from *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor✻
  3. derived from *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der✻
  4. derived from *wekʷ-der✻

Definitions

  1. The quality of being vocal

    The quality of being vocal; outspokenness.

    • I like what I'm seeing, in terms of the vocalness of certain people on our team, starting to hold people accountable and their teammates accountable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for vocalness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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