baseness

baseness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis
Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis
Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)bor.?
Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús)bor.?
Oscanbor.?
Celticbor.?
Late Latin bassus
Old French basbor.
Middle English bas
English base
Proto-Germanic *-in-
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti
Proto-Germanic *-ōną
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 baseness

    From base + -ness.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbeɪsnəs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Noun

    baseness (countable and uncountable, plural basenesses)

    1. The quality or condition of being base.
      Synonyms: depravity, perversion, turpitude; see also Thesaurus:iniquity
      Antonyms: honor, morality
    2. The quality of being unworthy to hold virtues or value.

    Translations

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