wickedness

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪkɪdnəs/
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wickedness (countable and uncountable, plural wickednesses)

  1. The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 84, column 2:
      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: []
    • 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 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.

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