slanderousnessn.
Inclination to slander.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > inclination to or habit of
slanderousness1574
maledicency1655
1574 A. Gilby tr. Test. Twelue Patriarches sig. Hviv Teaching slaunderousnesse, warre, wrong, and aboundance of all mischiefe.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Slanderousness, reproachfulness.
1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 101 Impropriety... Slanderousness... Ill-nature.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 247 Breathing the atmosphere of faction, slanderousness and hate.
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