insidiousnessn.
/ɪnˈsɪdɪəsnɪs/ Insidious quality or character; treacherousness, craftiness, subtle deceitfulness.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun]
listOE
wiþercraftc1175
wilta1230
craftc1275
sleightc1275
engine?a1300
quaintisec1300
vaidiec1325
wilec1374
cautelc1375
sophistryc1385
quaintnessc1390
voisdie1390
havilon?a1400
foxeryc1400
subtletyc1400
undercraftc1400
practic?a1439
callidityc1450
policec1450
wilinessc1450
craftiness1484
gin1543
cautility1554
cunning1582
cautelousness1584
panurgy1586
policy1587
foxshipa1616
cunningnessa1625
subdolousness1635
dexterity1656
insidiousnessa1677
versuteness1685
pawkiness1687
sleight-hand1792
pawkery1820
vulpinism1851
downiness1865
foxiness1875
slimness1899
slypussness1908
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [noun] > stealthy quality, stealthiness
insidiousnessa1677
clandestinity1682
sneakingnessa1691
subtleness1833
stealthiness1837
underhandedness1884
slinkiness1894
furtiveness1896
surreptitiousness1902
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] > tendency to entrap
insidiousnessa1677
insidiosity1873
spiderishness1944
a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 185 He hath little of the Serpent, (none of its lurking insidiousness).
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 174. ⁋8 My heart, indeed, acquits me of deliberate malignity, or interested insidiousness.
1846 G. A. Lundie Missionary Life Samoa 272 The disastrous results of Jesuitical insidiousness.
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