meanness

noun

Etymology

From mean + -ness.

  1. derived from *mey-
  2. derived from *meyno-
  3. derived from *meyn-
  4. inherited from *mainijaną
  5. inherited from *mainijan
  6. inherited from mǣnan
  7. inherited from menen
  8. suffixed as meanness — “mean + ness

Definitions

  1. The condition, or quality, of being mean (any of its definitions)

    • This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship.
  2. 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA