Meanings
plural uncleannesses
- uncountableThe state of being unclean
[W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues wᵗ the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.
[W]e have broken thy statutes and commandments again, and mingled ourselves with the uncleanness of the foreign heathen.
1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, III. Essdras [1 Esdras] viij:[87], folio vij, verso, column 2 - countableThe result or product of being unclean.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Englishunclǣnnes
- Middle Englishunclennesse
- Englishuncleanness
From Middle English unclennesse, from Old English unclǣnnes; equivalent to unclean + -ness.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ψόθος, μύσος
- ψόθος (psóthos)state of being unclean
- μύσος (músos)state of being unclean
- ψόθος (psóthos)result or product of being unclean
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