Definitions for archness

archness arch·ness

Spelling: [ahrch-nis]
IPA: /ˈɑrtʃ nɪs/

Archness is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 299 anagrams from letters in archness (acehnrss).

Definitions for archness

noun

  1. roguishness; sauciness.

Origin of archness

First recorded in 1700-10; arch2 + -ness

Examples for archness

All her animation and archness had not rendered it half so pleasant to look upon.

She looked at him with a concern which was to me more engaging than her archness.

She tossed up her fingers lightly, with a perfect charm of archness.

The archness fled from her smile, and her eyes grew pensive and far-seeing.

And then, and in a tone of some archness, she said, 'And how do you like balls?'

There came an archness into her look that inflamed me the more.

“He might do worse,” answered her father, with archness and pride.

Her archness was a shade stiff, but her neck was one of her chief attractions.

There was an archness in her smile which was altogether womanly.

There was something half painful in their jocund gayety and archness.

Word Value for archness
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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