meanness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English mean 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 meanness From mean + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)
This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.
1705, J[oseph] Addison, “Florence”, in Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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(countable) A mean act.
There are enough meannesses in everyone — ourselves included — to make for us a contemptible world, if we select the meannesses and let our minds dwell upon them.
1908, The World's Work, volume 16, page 10497:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meannesses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (25)
de gemeines Benehmen (a mean act) · de Gemeinheit (a mean act) · ota رذالت (the condition or quality of being mean) · ja 下劣 (the condition or quality of being mean) · fr abjection (a mean act) · it meschinità (the condition or quality of being mean) · fr radinerie (the condition or quality of being mean) · bg подлост (the condition or quality of being mean) · ga suarachas (the condition or quality of being mean) · eo malnoblaĵo (a mean act) · nl gemeenheid (the condition or quality of being mean) · it grettezza (the condition or quality of being mean) · it taccagneria (the condition or quality of being mean) · es tacañería (the condition or quality of being mean) · pl draństwo (the condition or quality of being mean) · nl gemene daad (a mean act) · ga cneámhaireacht (the condition or quality of being mean) · pl podłość (the condition or quality of being mean) · fr pingrerie (the condition or quality of being mean) · ja 卑劣 (the condition or quality of being mean) · de Fiesheit (a mean act) · el αχρειότητα (the condition or quality of being mean) · lv zemiskums (the condition or quality of being mean) · bg низост (the condition or quality of being mean) · pl nikczemność (the condition or quality of being mean)