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单词 viciousness
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viciousnessn.

Brit. /ˈvɪʃəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈvɪʃəsnəs/
Forms: Also Middle English vycyows-, 1500s vycyous-, vyciousness(e, 1500s–1700s (1800s) vitiousness, etc.
Etymology: < vicious adj. + -ness suffix.
The character or quality of being vicious.
1.
a. Inclination or addiction to vice or immorality; depravity of life or conduct.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun]
rusteOE
vice1297
corrumpciona1340
infectiona1398
corruptiona1400
foulinga1400
viciousness1440
inquination1447
turpitude1490
intoxicationa1513
pravitya1513
bracery1540
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
sophistication1564
faultiness1571
depravation1577
base-mindedness1582
mangling1585
reprobacy1591
uninnocence1593
vitiosity1603
turkessing1612
reprobancea1616
debauchedness1618
tortuosity1621
depravedness1623
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
depravity1646
corruptedness1648
moral turpitude1660
unprincipledness1792
demoralization1797
erosion1804
miscreancy1804
trituration1832
unwholesomeness1881
ne'er-do-wellism1891
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits
vice1297
viciousness1440
puddlec1520
vitiosity1603
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 5 He wexe full of viciousness yn his lyvyng.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 510/1 .Vycyowsnesse, viciositas.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. viiv Whan this Socrates perceyued the mi[n]des of men to be prone, & extremely inclyned to viciousnes, he had gret affeccion to subdue suche maners.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 72 We bring with vs from the womb of our mother a vitiousnesse planted in our begetting.
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie ii. vii. sig. F2 Marke those, for naught but such lewd viciousnes Ere graced him.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 218 Venus,..their goddesse of viciousnesse.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 99 Now began the Saxons to be infected with an universall Vitiousnesse.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. iii. 51 The..Advantage..is gained by the Action itself, not by the Morality, the Virtuousness or Vitiousness of it.
1796 Bp. R. Watson Apol. for Bible 379 Some men have been warped to infidelity by viciousness of life.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xliv. 436 I never will supply that man's extravagances and viciousness.
1892 Ld. Tennyson Foresters iii. i These be the lies the people tell of us, Because we seek to curb their viciousness.
in extended use.1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Kiv v Hatefull viciousnes in wordes, and hurtfull loosenes in life.
b. Tendency, on the part of animals, to be savage or refractory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by nature > [noun] > wild animal > fierceness
rethenesseOE
wildshipc1275
wildnessc1440
fury1597
ramageness1607
viciousness1774
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 111 In..this country..they [sc. stags] are become less common than formerly; its excessive viciousness during the rutting season..inducing most people to part with the species.
1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 427 The young ambitious heroes ascribed the whole disaster to the viciousness of my horse, saying ‘he was mad’.
1818 A. Ranken Hist. France IV. iv. iii. §2. 267 If the owner of it [sc. an animal] swore falsely..that he was ignorant of its viciousness.
?1847 T. Brown Man. Mod. Farriery 372 It is not an unfrequent occurrence for horses in harness to back instead of drawing when first started, and some add to this considerable viciousness.
1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 81 A playful habit of snatching at the man whilst being groomed which some horses display, may not come under the head of viciousness.
c. Maliciousness, spitefulness.
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
1879 T. H. Huxley Hume ii. viii. 159 One feels ashamed of having suspected many excellent persons of being moved by mere malice and viciousness of temper to call other folks atheists.
2.
a. The quality of being faulty or defective.
ΚΠ
1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 90 The absence, the vitiousnesse, the depriuation or fault of some other thing.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xvii. 114 Then the low value shews the viciousnesse of it.
a1677 M. Clifford Notes Dryden's Poems (1687) iv. 13 I intended to have made no more Animadversions upon the viciousness of your Style.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) III. 763 The arret above mentioned being repealed, these conservators were to judge of the goodness or viciousness of cloths.
b. Faultiness or badness in respect of physical constitution. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun]
vice1398
undisposedness1600
unsoundness1605
vitiosity1647
craziness1664
viciousness1669
disintegrity1861
rattiness1898
spoilage1928
1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. v. xii. 67 The Brimstone will burn up the gross victiousness [sic] of the Salt-peter.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Vicio,..Rankness, Viciousness in Land, or the like.
3. Improper or illegal procedure.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun] > illegal procedure
viciousness1827
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. II. iv. ii. 458 In the cases above brought to view, as cases of unfairness or vitiousness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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