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English Dictionary: nefariousness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
nefariousness
n
  1. the quality of being wicked [syn: nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Nefarious \Ne*fa"ri*ous\, a. [L. nefarius, fr. nefas crime,
      wrong; ne not + fas divine law; akin to fari to speak. See
      {No}, adv., and {Fate}.]
      Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously
      villainous; execrable; detestably vile.
  
      Syn: Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious;
               infamous; impious. See {Iniquitous}. --
               {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness}, n.
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