"maliciousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maliciousnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English maliciousnes; equivalent to malicious + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|maliciousnes}} Middle English maliciousnes, {{suffix|en|malicious|ness}} malicious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maliciousness (countable and uncountable, plural maliciousnesses)
  1. The condition of being malicious; malevolence or malice. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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