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sinfulness|ˈsɪnfʊlnɪs|
Also 5 synfullnes, 5–6 -fulnesse.
[f. sinful a. + -ness.]
The state or character of being sinful; wickedness, iniquity.
14..in Tundale's Vis. (1843) 148 Of my wreched synfullnes To gyff me grace. c1440Promp. Parv. 456/1 Synfulnesse, peccabilitas, viciositas. 1530Palsgr. 270/2 Synfulnesse, maluatie. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. i. i. §2 By reason of the Sinfulness and Corruption of their Natures. 1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 43 The Sinfulness therein is only against God. 1761Wesley ‘Jesus, if still’ vi, The sinfulness of sin. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xvi, Mr. Gallanbile dines late on the day of rest, in order to prevent the sinfulness of the cook's dressing herself. 1878Lecky Eng. in 18th C. II. 192 The absolute sinfulness of resistance. |