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Vinony

harmfulness

noun

  1. tendency to cause harm or destruction
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English harmful 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 harmfulness From harmful + -ness.

  1. The characteristic of being harmful.

    “Once his word was pledged, he was safe: otherwise there was no limit to his capacity for wilful harmfulness.”