Ordinarinesses

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being commonplace or unremarkable in nature or appearance
2. The condition of being average or standard, lacking distinctive features
3. A characteristic of everyday life that emphasizes the mundane aspects without uniqueness or exceptional qualities

Etymology: "Ordinarinesses" is simply the plural of "ordinariness", which is a formation from "ordinary" and the suffix "-ness". "Ordinary" came into English from Anglo-French "ordinarie", itself from Latin "ordinarius", meaning "orderly" or "regular", from "ordo" (order, rank). The suffix "-ness" is an old English one, descending from Old English "-nes", used to turn adjectives into nouns of state or quality, so "ordinariness" names the condition of being ordinary. Because "ordinariness" is an abstract noun for a quality, its plural is unusual and tends to appear when writers want to refer to several distinct instances or kinds of the commonplace, such as the different everyday textures of a life. The plural is a deliberate, somewhat literary choice rather than a common everyday form.

Synonyms: commonness, normality, mundanity

Antonyms: uniqueness, exceptionality