nefariousness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English nefarious
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-der.
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English nefariousness

    From nefarious + -ness.

    Noun

    nefariousness (uncountable)

    1. The state or characteristic of being nefarious.
      • 1899, Booth Tarkington, chapter 7, in The Gentleman from Indiana, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday & McClure Co., published 1900, →OCLC:
        Thus the eye of Justice may not be said to have winked upon the nefariousness now under its vision.

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