deepness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdipnəs/ UK /ˈdiːpnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality or state of being deep

The deepness of the gorge took their breath away.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality or state of... depth profunditydeepthabyss

Opposites

shallowness superficiality

Word family

Related forms deep deepen depth

Etymology

From Old English deopnes, from deop ('deep') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ness. Native Germanic in origin.

deopnes Old English deop Old English *deupaz Proto-Germanic

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# deepness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈdipnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈdiːpnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality or state of being deep

## Examples
- The deepness of the gorge took their breath away.

## Synonyms
- depth
- profundity
- deepth
- abyss

## Antonyms
- shallowness
- superficiality

## Related Forms
- deep
- deepen
- depth

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: deopnes
- Root: deop
- Root: *deupaz

## Etymology
From Old English deopnes, from deop ('deep') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ness. Native Germanic in origin.

## AI Etymology
Deepness is from Old English deopnes, from deop ('deep') plus the abstract-noun suffix -ness. Native Germanic in origin. The ancestry passes through Old English deopnes, Old English deop, and Proto-Germanic *deupaz. The suffix -ness marks an abstract noun of quality or state, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as a noun, it means "the quality or state of being deep", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include deep, deepen, and depth.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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