wickedness

English

Etymology

From Middle English wickednes, wikkednes, wikkednesse, wikednesse, equivalent to wicked +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪkɪdnəs/

Noun

wickedness (countable and uncountable, 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

  • 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

References

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