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deceitfulness

English

Etymology

From deceitful +? -ness.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??si?tf?ln?s/

Noun

deceitfulness (usually uncountable, plural deceitfulnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being deceitful.
    • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIII:
      O full off all sutelte and disseytfulnes the chylde off the devyll, and the enemye of all righteousnes thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes off the lorde.
    • 1903, Andy Adams, The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days, ch. 20 "A Moonlight Drive",
      The lanterns both rear and forward being always in sight, I was as much at sea as any one as to the length of the herd, knowing the deceitfulness of distance of campfires and other lights by night.

References

  • deceitfulness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • “deceitfulness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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perfidiousness

English

Etymology

perfidious +? -ness

Noun

perfidiousness (usually uncountable, plural perfidiousnesses)

  1. (rare) Unfaithfulness; deceitfulness; perfidy.
    • 1781, Samuel Johnson, "Addison" in Lives of the Poets:
      Not only Cato is vanquished by Caesar, but the treachery and perfidiousness of Syphax prevail over the honest simplicity and the credulity of Juba.

Related terms

  • perfidious
  • perfidiously

References

  • Webster, Noah (1828) , “perfidiousness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
  • perfidiousness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • “perfidiousness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

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