† ˈcriminalnessObs. [f. as prec. + -ness.] Quality or state of being criminal; = criminality. a1660Hammond Wks. II. 131 (R.) To..excuse our schism, or avert the criminalness of it.1698R. Fergusson View Eccles. 50 A proof of his Criminalness.1755in Johnson.1775Ash [see criminalty].