uncleanness

English

Etymology

From Middle English unclennesse, from Old English unclǣnness; equivalent to unclean +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈklin.nəs/, /ʌŋ-/

Noun

uncleanness (countable and uncountable, plural uncleannesses)

1. (uncountable) The state of being unclean
   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble, […] (Coverdale Bible), [Cologne or Marburg]: [Eucharius Cervicornus and Johannes Soter?], →OCLC, III. Essdras [1 Esdras] viij:[87], folio vij, verso, column 2:

     [W]e haue bꝛokẽ thy ſtatutes ⁊ cõmaundementes agayne, ⁊ mengled o^ꝛ ſelues w^t the vnclẽnes of the outlandiſh heithen.

     [W]e have broken thy statutes and commandments again, and mingled ourselves with the uncleanness of the foreign heathen.

2. (countable) The result or product of being unclean.

Synonyms

• uncleanliness

Translations

state of being unclean

• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (unhrainiþa), 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹 f (unhrainei)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ψόθος m (psóthos), μύσος n (músos)

result or product of being unclean

• Greek:

  Ancient: ψόθος m (psóthos)