wickedness

English

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Etymology

wicked +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

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

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.

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.

Translations

state of being wicked

• Romanian: răutate (ro) f, perversitate (ro) f, ticăloșie (ro) f

• Spanish: maldad (es) f, perversidad (es) f

wicked thing

References

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