consummativeness means the quality of being consummative. It carries an Arena rating of 1003, earned across 20 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, consummativeness ranks #2,575 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,248 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #4,383 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #8,215 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “consummativeness” is a great word
The quality of being consummative, of serving as an ultimate completion or fulfillment. From consummative (from Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare "to sum up, finish, complete," from com- (intensive) + summa "sum, total") + the English suffix -ness (forming abstract nouns denoting a state or quality). Unlike "completion," which denotes the event of finishing, or "perfection," which suggests a state of flawlessness, consummativeness is the inherent character of the final act itself—the quiet force of culmination. It is the last brushstroke that makes the painting coherent, the sealing of wax on a letter that needs no further word, the patient tightening of the violin string until the chord resolves. It is the gravity of endings, the specific weight of things done as they were meant to be done.
Etymology
From consummative + -ness.
noun
- The quality of being consummative.
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