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guilefulness

Today it means: The quality of being guileful; cunning or deceit. Full definition →

Middle English gilefulnesse

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Middle English · inherited fromgilefulnesse
English todayguilefulness

From Middle English gilefulnesse, gylefulnes, equivalent to guileful + -ness.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.