insidiousness
noun
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noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English insidious 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 insidiousness From insidious + -ness.
- A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.
“This lent a new insidiousness to his temptation, since her contempt would be a refuge from his own.”