# straightness

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #98,759

## Definitions
1. The result or product of being straight.
2. The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").

## Etymology
From Middle English streightnes, equivalent to straight + -ness. Cognate with Scots strauchtness, straichtness (“straightness”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/straightness