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wickedness

/ˈwɪkədnəs/WIH-kuhd-nuhs
/ˈwɪkədnəs/WIH-kuhd-nuhs

Meaningthe state of being wicked

Common meaning: evil

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwiccasource
  2. Middle Englishwikke‘evil’source
  3. Englishwicked‘morally evil’
  4. Englishformed in English from wickedwickedness‘evil’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from wicked + -ness.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WICKED, p.709 · scan

Source words

  • wicca Old English · source word “evil”

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