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mercenariness|ˈmɜːsɪnərɪnɪs|
[f. mercenary + -ness.]
The quality of being mercenary.
a1624Bp. M. Smyth Serm. (1632) 94 Who can impeach or blemish Gods bounty and liberality, with the least note of mercinarinesse. 1752H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) III. ccxxxix. 14 To have one's favourite author convicted of mere mortal mercenariness. 1808Lamb Lett. (1888) I. 243 Mary is very thankful..; and with the less suspicion of mercenariness, as the silk..has not yet appeared. 1883Stepniak in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 323 The mercenariness of the officials is the only guarantee against oppression. |