riskiness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˈrɪskinəs/ UK /ˈrɪskinəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of involving danger or the possibility of loss

Investors balked at the riskiness of the untested venture.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of involving... dangerhazardousnessperilousnessprecariousness jeopardy

Opposites

safety security certainty

Word family

Related forms risk riskyriskily

Etymology

From risky + -ness, from risk, from French risque, from Italian risco/rischio ('danger'), of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *resecum ('that which cuts, a reef').

rischio Italian

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# riskiness

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

## Meanings
1. the quality of involving danger or the possibility of loss

## Examples
- Investors balked at the riskiness of the untested venture.

## Synonyms
- danger
- hazardousness
- perilousness
- precariousness
- jeopardy

## Antonyms
- safety
- security
- certainty

## Related Forms
- risk
- risky
- riskily

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: rischio

## Etymology
From risky + -ness, from risk, from French risque, from Italian risco/rischio ('danger'), of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *resecum ('that which cuts, a reef').

## AI Etymology
Riskiness comes from risky + -ness, from risk, from French risque, from Italian risco/rischio ('danger'), of uncertain origin, possibly from Vulgar Latin *resecum ('that which cuts, a reef'). The historical chain includes Italian rischio. Older glosses in the chain include "danger" and "that which cuts, a reef", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, riskiness is best read as compound, suffixal formation, borrowing, and uncertain formation, yielding an English noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a noun, with the sense "the quality of involving danger or the possibility of loss". related forms include risk, risky, and riskily. The result is an English noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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