wickedness

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪkɪdnəs/

Definition of wickedness

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
    “So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]”
    “We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.”
    “Derived from the Latin words "scelero" — which means crime or wickedness — and "phobos" meaning fear — scelerophobia is coined by both criminologists and psychologists as the fear of burglars, according to Ayla Faisal, a clinical psychologist and a PhD scholar at the Institute of Clinical Psychology at the University of Karachi.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
    “So, if a Sonne that is by his Father ſent about Merchandize, doe ſinfully miſcarry vpon the Sea; the imputation of his vvickedneſſe, by your rule, ſhould be impoſed vpon his Father that ſent him: […]”
    “We speak of wickedness as something in the soul different from virtue.”
    “Derived from the Latin words "scelero" — which means crime or wickedness — and "phobos" meaning fear — scelerophobia is coined by both criminologists and psychologists as the fear of burglars, according to Ayla Faisal, a clinical psychologist and a PhD scholar at the Institute of Clinical Psychology at the University of Karachi.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wikkednesse, wikkednes, equivalent to wicked + -ness.

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