heinousness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English heinous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English heinousness From heinous + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The property of being heinous.
But again that last scene at Compiegne rose visibly before her; not only his falsehood to her, but his slander of her, came to mind. It seemed as if she had never felt their full heinousness till now—now that with shame she owned that for a moment she had relented in his favour.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 212:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| heinousnesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
ga uafás (the property of being heinous) · ga fuafaireacht (the property of being heinous) · de Schwärze (the property of being heinous) · ka საზიზღრობა (the property of being heinous) · ga gráiniúlacht (the property of being heinous)