- rifeness
- rife·ness
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rifeness
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rifeness — rife ► ADJECTIVE 1) (especially of something undesirable) widespread. 2) (rife with) full of. DERIVATIVES rifeness noun. ORIGIN Old English, probably from an Old Norse word meaning «acceptable» … English terms dictionary
rifeness — noun ( es) Etymology: Middle English ryfenes, from ryfe rife + nes ness : the quality or state of being rife appalling rifeness of the terrain Norman Mailer … Useful english dictionary
Rifeness — Rife Rife, a. [AS. r[=i]f abundant, or Icel. r[=i]fr munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.] 1. Prevailing; prevalent; abounding. [1913 Webster] Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal. Arbuthnot.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rifeness — raɪfnɪs n. prevalence, state of being widespread, commonness, frequency … English contemporary dictionary
rife — rifely, adv. rifeness, n. /ruyf/, adj. 1. of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use: Crime is rife in the slum areas of our cities. 2. current in speech or report: Rumors are rife that the government… … Universalium
abundance — Synonyms and related words: accumulation, acres, adequacy, affluence, amassment, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, avalanche, backlog, bags, barrels, bonanza, bountifulness, bountiousness, budget, bumper crop, bushel, cloud of words,… … Moby Thesaurus
commonness — Synonyms and related words: Attic simplicity, accustomedness, averageness, banality, banalness, baseness, chasteness, classical purity, cliche, coarseness, common occurrence, commonality, commonplaceness, confirmedness, conventionality, corniness … Moby Thesaurus
currency — Synonyms and related words: PR, and pence, averageness, ballyhoo, blurb, bon ton, bright light, cash, celebrity, circulating medium, coin, coinage, coined liberty, cold cash, common knowledge, commonality, commonness, commonplaceness, cry,… … Moby Thesaurus
multiplicity — Synonyms and related words: Proteus, abundance, allotropism, allotropy, barrel, countlessness, diversification, diversity, great deal, her infinite variety, heterogeneity, heteromorphism, infinitude, innumerability, lashings, lot, manifoldness,… … Moby Thesaurus
normality — Synonyms and related words: appropriateness, averageness, balance, commonality, commonness, commonplaceness, contact with reality, conventionality, correctitude, correctness, currency, decencies, decency, decorousness, decorum, extensiveness,… … Moby Thesaurus
