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scoundrelism|ˈskaʊndrəlɪz(ə)m|
[f. scoundrel n. + -ism.]
The character, conduct, or practices of a scoundrel; also, a piece of scoundrelism, a scoundrelly act or trait.
1611Cotgr., Villaquerie, villanie, roguerie, rascalitie, skowndrellisme. 1773Johnson in Boswell Tour Hebrides (1785) 111 Why, Sir,..There is generally a scoundrelism about a low man. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. v. ix, Thus..shall the Bastille be abolished from our Earth; and with it, Feudalism, Despotism; and one hopes, Scoundrelism generally. 1890G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess., Socialism 194 Hungry mobs, nuclei of all the socialism and scoundrelism of the city. 1902F. E. Hulme Proverb Lore ii. 62 The epigrams [of John Davies] are, most of them, of a most offensive character... There are two hundred and ninety-two of these scoundrelisms. |