wickednessn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪkᵻdnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwɪkᵻdnᵻs/

Etymology: < wicked adj.¹, n., and adv. + -ness suffix.

1. The quality of being wicked; wicked character or disposition; depravity, iniquity, immorality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun]

woughc888

naughteOE

manOE

evilness1000

fakenOE

witherfulnessc1200

lithera1225

villainy?c1225

lithernessa1240

unwrastshipa1250

felonyc1290

shrewheadc1290

litherhead1297

illa1300

wicknessa1300

follyc1300

iniquity13..

shrewdom13..

wickhedec1305

shrewdheadc1315

shrewdnessc1315

unwrastnessc1315

wickednessa1340

malicea1382

unequityc1384

lewdnessa1387

mischiefa1387

wickedleka1400

wickedredea1400

badnessc1400

shrewdshipc1400

shrewnessc1425

ungoodlihead1430

wickdomc1440

rudenessc1451

mauvasty1474

unkindliness1488

noughtinessa1500

perversenessa1500

illnessc1500

filthiness?1504

noisomeness1506

naughtiness?1529

noughtihoodc1540

inexcellence1590

improbity1593

flagition1598

meschancy1609

scelerateness1613

pravity1620

meschantnessa1630

flagitiousness1692

flagitiosity1727

nefariousness1727

bale-fire1855

ill-conditionedness1866

iniquitousness1870

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun]

woughc888

manOE

evilness1000

evilc1040

un-i-thora1200

witherfulnessc1200

mixshipc1225

quedeship?c1225

lithernessa1240

unwrastshipa1250

felonyc1290

shrewheadc1290

litherhead1297

wickedheada1300

wicknessa1300

follyc1300

shrewdom13..

wickhedec1305

shrewdheadc1315

shrewdnessc1315

unwrastnessc1315

wickc1330

wickednessa1340

quedehead1340

quedeness1340

lewdnessa1387

felona1400

wickedleka1400

wickedredea1400

badnessc1400

shrewdshipc1400

shrewnessc1425

wickdomc1440

noughtinessa1500

naughtiness?1529

sinfulness1530

noughtihoodc1540

meschancy1609

scelerateness1613

meschantnessa1630

nefariousness1727

devilness1853

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxx. 13 Luf kelis and wickidnes brennys.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 33 Þai er..full of all maner of wickedness and malice.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 100 Clau. Disloyall? Bast. The word is too good to paint out her wickednesse .

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 5 The Wickednesse of Falshood, and Breach of Faith.

1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 12 What tho' the Baudy runs thro' all he Writ, The more the Wickedness, the more the Wit.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. ix. 211 As all this arose from Infirmity, not Wickedness, they met with an easy Pardon.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 304 The unfortunate little victim..receiving sundry thumps..for having the wickedness to tell a story.

1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl ii. i So I reasoned in the wickedness of my heart.

a. Wicked action or conduct; iniquity as committed or perpetrated; occasionally wicked speech or statement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun]

wonder1154

wickednessa1300

perpetrationc1429

maleficence1533

wicked-doing1535

malefaction1604

perpetrating1615

malefacture1635

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun]

sinc825

naughteOE

unnuteOE

sinningc1000

unrightOE

un-i-selthlOE

wonder1154

misguiltc1200

misdoinga1225

teeninga1225

miss?c1225

crimec1250

misdeed?c1250

wickednessa1300

mischiefa1387

evil-doing1398

mistakinga1400

perpetrationc1429

wrongingc1449

maledictionc1475

maleficence1533

wicked-doing1535

foul play1546

misdealing1571

flagition1598

delinquency1603

malefaction1604

meschancy1609

malefacture1635

misacting1651

guilt1726

flagitiosity1727

malpractice1739

malfeasance1856

peccation1861

miscreance1972

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1090 Mistrauing þan had he son, Þat he sum wikcudnes hade don.

c1393 G. Chaucer Mariage 7 I dar not writen of hyt noo wikkednesse.

c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 179 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 68 Þat I sic vikitnes wald with hyr do and foulnes.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 344 Causer of wer, wyrkar of wykitnes.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiij Conteinyng bothe the Heresies already condemned, and also newe errours, and great wickednes.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 72 That we suld leif our wickitnes, And fle vaine warldlie appetyte.

1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 97 Ile neuer care what wickednes I doe, If this man come to good.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 27 For Calamity arriving [sic] from great wickedness, the best men have the least Pitty.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 65 The scene of an action..infamous to the French for the enormous wickedness with which they abused their victory.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 367 Persons who think that there is no excess of wickedness for which courage and ability do not atone.

1901 Besant London in 18th Cent. 237 The greatest wickedness that any man could commit, in his eyes, was not to pay his debts.

b. (with a and plural) A piece of wickedness; a wicked act or proceeding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] > instance

ungooda1250

wickednessa1325

villainy1377

turpitude1597

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed

misdeedeOE

murderOE

harmOE

un-i-selthlOE

ungooda1250

wickednessa1325

illa1340

untetchea1375

villainy1377

wretchednessc1380

misdoingc1460

malefice1591

turpitude1597

meschantery1634

misactiona1667

naughtiness1789

wrongdoing1874

a1325 Prose Psalter lxxxviii[i]. 32 Y shal uisite in chasteing her wickednesses.

c1430 J. Lydgate De Prof. in Minor Poems 99 Ther wikkednessis yif thow do Observe, Tabyde thy doom yt were to hard a schour.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Amos i. C For thre and foure wickednesses of Edom I wil not spare him.

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 26 He fed his eyes by being a spectator of those wickednesses, which Nero only commanded to be done.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. viii. 73 So premeditated and elaborate a wickedness.

1817 R. Southey Let. to Editor of Courier 17 Mar. That it might be published surreptitiously at any future time, was a wickedness of which I never dreamt.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xli. 109 I'd sooner do a wickedness as I could suffer for by myself, than ha' brought her to do wickedness.

†3. Poorness of spirit: cf. wicked adj.¹ 2d. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice

wickedness1487

dastardness1519

currishness1542

dastardliness1561

dastardy1588

poltroonery1590

beggar-fear1597

dastardice1603

poorness1625

low-spiritedness1641

poltroonism1644

sheepiness1663

cravenness1850

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 280 Gif ȝhe let cowardis And vikkidnes ȝour hertis suppris.

†4. In physical sense: Malignancy, corruption: cf. wicked adj.¹ 2c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > pus or matter > qualities of

wickednessc1400

crudity1728

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 18 Whanne þe bodi is purgid fro wickide humouris, þe wickidnes of þe mater renneþ fro þe wounde.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wickedness
释义	wickednessn. Brit. /ˈwɪkᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪkᵻdnᵻs/ Etymology: < wicked adj.¹, n., and adv. + -ness suffix. 1. The quality of being wicked; wicked character or disposition; depravity, iniquity, immorality. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [noun] woughc888 naughteOE manOE evilness1000 fakenOE witherfulnessc1200 lithera1225 villainy?c1225 lithernessa1240 unwrastshipa1250 felonyc1290 shrewheadc1290 litherhead1297 illa1300 wicknessa1300 follyc1300 iniquity13.. shrewdom13.. wickhedec1305 shrewdheadc1315 shrewdnessc1315 unwrastnessc1315 wickednessa1340 malicea1382 unequityc1384 lewdnessa1387 mischiefa1387 wickedleka1400 wickedredea1400 badnessc1400 shrewdshipc1400 shrewnessc1425 ungoodlihead1430 wickdomc1440 rudenessc1451 mauvasty1474 unkindliness1488 noughtinessa1500 perversenessa1500 illnessc1500 filthiness?1504 noisomeness1506 naughtiness?1529 noughtihoodc1540 inexcellence1590 improbity1593 flagition1598 meschancy1609 scelerateness1613 pravity1620 meschantnessa1630 flagitiousness1692 flagitiosity1727 nefariousness1727 bale-fire1855 ill-conditionedness1866 iniquitousness1870 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [noun] woughc888 manOE evilness1000 evilc1040 un-i-thora1200 witherfulnessc1200 mixshipc1225 quedeship?c1225 lithernessa1240 unwrastshipa1250 felonyc1290 shrewheadc1290 litherhead1297 wickedheada1300 wicknessa1300 follyc1300 shrewdom13.. wickhedec1305 shrewdheadc1315 shrewdnessc1315 unwrastnessc1315 wickc1330 wickednessa1340 quedehead1340 quedeness1340 lewdnessa1387 felona1400 wickedleka1400 wickedredea1400 badnessc1400 shrewdshipc1400 shrewnessc1425 wickdomc1440 noughtinessa1500 naughtiness?1529 sinfulness1530 noughtihoodc1540 meschancy1609 scelerateness1613 meschantnessa1630 nefariousness1727 devilness1853 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxx. 13 Luf kelis and wickidnes brennys. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) ix. 33 Þai er..full of all maner of wickedness and malice. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. ii. 100 Clau. Disloyall? Bast. The word is too good to paint out her wickednesse . View more context for this quotation 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 5 The Wickednesse of Falshood, and Breach of Faith. 1702 D. Defoe Reformation of Manners 12 What tho' the Baudy runs thro' all he Writ, The more the Wickedness, the more the Wit. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) I. ix. 211 As all this arose from Infirmity, not Wickedness, they met with an easy Pardon. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 304 The unfortunate little victim..receiving sundry thumps..for having the wickedness to tell a story. 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl ii. i So I reasoned in the wickedness of my heart. 2. a. Wicked action or conduct; iniquity as committed or perpetrated; occasionally wicked speech or statement. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] wonder1154 wickednessa1300 perpetrationc1429 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 malefaction1604 perpetrating1615 malefacture1635 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] sinc825 naughteOE unnuteOE sinningc1000 unrightOE un-i-selthlOE wonder1154 misguiltc1200 misdoinga1225 teeninga1225 miss?c1225 crimec1250 misdeed?c1250 wickednessa1300 mischiefa1387 evil-doing1398 mistakinga1400 perpetrationc1429 wrongingc1449 maledictionc1475 maleficence1533 wicked-doing1535 foul play1546 misdealing1571 flagition1598 delinquency1603 malefaction1604 meschancy1609 malefacture1635 misacting1651 guilt1726 flagitiosity1727 malpractice1739 malfeasance1856 peccation1861 miscreance1972 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1090 Mistrauing þan had he son, Þat he sum wikcudnes hade don. c1393 G. Chaucer Mariage 7 I dar not writen of hyt noo wikkednesse. c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 179 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 68 Þat I sic vikitnes wald with hyr do and foulnes. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iii. l. 344 Causer of wer, wyrkar of wykitnes. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiij Conteinyng bothe the Heresies already condemned, and also newe errours, and great wickednes. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 72 That we suld leif our wickitnes, And fle vaine warldlie appetyte. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 97 Ile neuer care what wickednes I doe, If this man come to good. View more context for this quotation 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 27 For Calamity arriving [sic] from great wickedness, the best men have the least Pitty. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 65 The scene of an action..infamous to the French for the enormous wickedness with which they abused their victory. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 367 Persons who think that there is no excess of wickedness for which courage and ability do not atone. 1901 Besant London in 18th Cent. 237 The greatest wickedness that any man could commit, in his eyes, was not to pay his debts. b. (with a and plural) A piece of wickedness; a wicked act or proceeding. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil action > [noun] > instance ungooda1250 wickednessa1325 villainy1377 turpitude1597 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed misdeedeOE murderOE harmOE un-i-selthlOE ungooda1250 wickednessa1325 illa1340 untetchea1375 villainy1377 wretchednessc1380 misdoingc1460 malefice1591 turpitude1597 meschantery1634 misactiona1667 naughtiness1789 wrongdoing1874 a1325 Prose Psalter lxxxviii[i]. 32 Y shal uisite in chasteing her wickednesses. c1430 J. Lydgate De Prof. in Minor Poems 99 Ther wikkednessis yif thow do Observe, Tabyde thy doom yt were to hard a schour. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Amos i. C For thre and foure wickednesses of Edom I wil not spare him. 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 26 He fed his eyes by being a spectator of those wickednesses, which Nero only commanded to be done. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. viii. 73 So premeditated and elaborate a wickedness. 1817 R. Southey Let. to Editor of Courier 17 Mar. That it might be published surreptitiously at any future time, was a wickedness of which I never dreamt. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xli. 109 I'd sooner do a wickedness as I could suffer for by myself, than ha' brought her to do wickedness. †3. Poorness of spirit: cf. wicked adj.¹ 2d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice wickedness1487 dastardness1519 currishness1542 dastardliness1561 dastardy1588 poltroonery1590 beggar-fear1597 dastardice1603 poorness1625 low-spiritedness1641 poltroonism1644 sheepiness1663 cravenness1850 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xii. 280 Gif ȝhe let cowardis And vikkidnes ȝour hertis suppris. †4. In physical sense: Malignancy, corruption: cf. wicked adj.¹ 2c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > pus or matter > qualities of wickednessc1400 crudity1728 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 18 Whanne þe bodi is purgid fro wickide humouris, þe wickidnes of þe mater renneþ fro þe wounde. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1300
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