different between emphatic vs awesomenessness

English

Alternative forms

• emphatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ??????? (emphaín?, “I show, present”), from ?? (en, “in”) + ????? (phaín?, “I shine, show”); related to ??????? (émphasis) and English emphasis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?fæt?k/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /?m?fæt?k/
• Rhymes: -æt?k

Adjective

emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)

1. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
2. Stated with conviction.

   He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.

3. (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
4. (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Semitic languages that are distinguished from both voiced and voiceless consonants by a certain phonetic feature or features.
   1. pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, and other Northwest Semitic languages
   2. ejectives in Ge'ez, Amharic, and other Ethiopic Semitic languages

Derived terms

• emphatically

Related terms

• emphasis
• emphasise, emphasize

Translations

Noun

emphatic (plural emphatics)

1. (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
2. (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".

See also

• phatic

Anagrams

• empathic

English

Etymology

Redundant suffixation: awesomeness +? -ness or awesome +? -ness +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ô?s?mn?sn?s, IPA^(key): /???s?mn?sn?s/

Noun

awesomenessness (uncountable)

1. (emphatic, nonce word, rare, nonstandard) awesomeness
   • 2006: “[email protected]”, The Pepper Cascade (Google group): Swimming

     PS we still have the coupons, so we have to consider the awesomenessness to receive a discount coupon. please post with a reason why you should deserve a discount coupon.

   • 2006: “CharlaX”, Gmail Help Discussion (Google group): CHat(caht)

     >.<?this is called a dragonfly
     when ewe type him in the chat box his wings wiggle awesomenessness

   • 2007: “Shantell Hoskin”, Chocolate 4 Life (Google group): awesomenessness!!!! (thread title)

     awesomenessness!!!!

Usage notes

• Awesomenessness carries no additional semantic information compared with its antecedent awesomeness. Forms having been triply and quadruply suffixed with -ness also see occasional use; in pragmatic terms, this is equivalent to appending a long chain of exclamation marks after a statement to lend it emphatic force.