wickedness

/ˈwɪkɪdnəs/ · noun

Meaning

The state of being wicked; evil disposition; immorality.
A wicked or sinful thing or act; morally bad or objectionable behaviour.

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Middle English wikkednesse, wikkednes, equivalent to wicked + -ness.

wikkednesse(Middle English)→
wikkednesse(Middle English)→
*weyk-(ine-pro)→
wickedness (English)
Relations: root, inh, inh

Related words

*weyk-(ine-pro)wikkednesse(Middle English)wikidnis(Jamaican Creole)

Descendant words

wikidnis(Jamaican Creole) (der)
wikidnis(Jamaican Creole) (der)

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