"baseness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪsnəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baseness.wav [Southern-England] Forms: basenesses [plural]
Etymology: base + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|base|ness}} base + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} baseness (countable and uncountable, plural basenesses)
  1. The quality or condition of being base. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being vile): laaghartigheid [feminine] (Dutch), zemiskums [masculine] (Latvian), ни́зькість (nýzʹkistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-baseness-en-noun-hysz66Ef Disambiguation of 'the state of being vile': 56 44
  2. The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-baseness-en-noun-U7tEhwiC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: depravity

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for baseness meaning in English (2.1kB)

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