🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

superficialidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: su.peɾ.fi.si.aˈli.da.dʒi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Shallowness/ˈʃæl.iWnəs/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A superficialidade daquela conversa me entediou."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of having little depth; being of small depth physically.

    "The shallowness of the river made it easy for us to wade across."
  2. 2

    Lack of depth of character, understanding, or seriousness; superficiality.

    "She grew tired of the shallowness of the conversations at the high-society party."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective shallow, which comes from Middle English shalwe, ultimately tracing back to Old English sceald, meaning shallow or shoal. Combined with the native Germanic suffix -ness (from Old English -nes), denoting a state or quality, it evolved to describe both lack of physical depth and metaphorical superficiality.

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