edifyingness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɛdəˌfaɪɪŋnəs/ UK /ˈɛdɪˌfaɪɪŋnəs/ See IPA manual

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noun
the quality of being morally instructive or uplifting

Critics praised the play for its edifyingness as well as its wit.

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1 noun · the quality of being... instructivenessedification

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Related forms edify edifying edification

Etymology

From edifying (present participle of edify, from Latin aedificāre) + -ness.

aedificāre Latin aedis Latin facere Latin

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# edifyingness

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

## Meanings
1. the quality of being morally instructive or uplifting

## Examples
- Critics praised the play for its edifyingness as well as its wit.

## Synonyms
- instructiveness
- edification

## Related Forms
- edify
- edifying
- edification

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: aedificāre
- Root: aedis
- Root: facere

## Etymology
From edifying (present participle of edify, from Latin aedificāre) + -ness.

## AI Etymology
Edifyingness is from edifying (present participle of edify, from Latin aedificāre) + -ness. The ancestry passes through Latin aedificāre, Latin aedis, and Latin facere. 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 of being morally instructive or uplifting", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include edify, edifying, and edification.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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