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ˈheathenishness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Heathenish quality or condition; barbarity.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. x. 16 Horrible was the heathnishnesse, when the land that was given for an heritage to God's people did foster ungodly and wicked inhabiters. 1633Prynne 2nd Pt. Histrio-M. iv. i. (R.), The obscenity..heathenishnesse, and prophanenesse of most play-bookes. 1880I. L. Bird Japan I. 135 Singing..which sounds like the very essence of heathenishness. |