wickedness

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Quotations 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwɪkɪdnəs/, SAMPA: /"wIkIdn@s/

[edit] Noun

wickedness (plural wickednesses)

1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 227d.

     We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.

2. A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

[edit] Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 6:5

  And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

[edit] Translations

• Spanish: maldad f., perversidad f.

[edit] References

• wickedness in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• wickedness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913