单词 | maliciousness |
释义 | maliciousnessn. The quality or condition of being malicious; malevolence, spitefulness. Of wounds or poison: †virulence, malignity (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [noun] maliciousness1447 peevishness1468 spitefulness1530 sinisterness1611 viciousness1879 cattishness1894 cattiness1920 bitchiness1934 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [noun] > quality maliciousness1447 peevishness1468 spitefulness1530 sinisterness1611 viciousness1879 cattishness1894 pussycat1911 cattiness1920 bitchiness1934 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > quality > extreme balea1000 malicea1382 deadlinessc1450 fatality1490 maliciousness1555 virulency1651 fatalness1652 contagium1654 virulentness1727 outrage1735 virulence1748 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) 2927 (MED) By þi þretys & by þi malyciousnes I set noht. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Macc. vii. 42 Punysh him, acordinge to his maliciousnesse. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. i. f. 53v The maliciousnes of the veneme, consumed. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. vi. f. 122v The malyciousnesse of the venemous wounde. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xiii. 751 If there be many bay trees planted..all the maliciousnes of the mists will fall vpon their boughes. 1682 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 238 The court being fully satisfied with..the maliciousnesse of the prosecution. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Virulentness, poisonous Nature; also Maliciousness. 1817 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 1st Ser. III. 350 Two dwarfs..give a sharp fillip to the Prince, who seems much embarrassed by their tiny maliciousness. 1889 H. R. Haggard Allan's Wife 284 The ox..will..from mere maliciousness die of ‘poverty’. 1992 N.Y. Times 18 Aug. a9/6 It's not maliciousness... It's blindness. It's the residue of racism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1447 |
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