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evilfavouredness

evilfavouredness noun: ugliness or deformity.

Noun

evilfavouredness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Ugliness or deformity.
    • Thou ſhalt offer vnto the Lorde thy God no oxe or ſhepe where in is any deformyte, what ſoeuer euell faueredneſſe it be: for that is an abhominacion vnto the Lorde thi God.1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC...
    • This day (good Christian people) shall be declared unto you, the unprofitableness and shameful unhonesty of contention, strife and debate, to the intent, that when you shall see as it were in a table painted before your eyes, the evilfavouredness and deformity of this most detestable vice, your...1623, Religion and Society in Early Modern England: A Sourcebook, published 2005, →ISBN, "The Homily Against Contention and Brawling", page 164

Questions about evilfavouredness

What does evilfavouredness mean?
Evilfavouredness means ugliness or deformity.
What part of speech is evilfavouredness?
Evilfavouredness is a noun.

Words near evilfavouredness in the dictionary

  1. evildoing
  2. evildoings
  3. eviler
  4. evilest
  5. evilfare
  6. evilfavouredness
  7. evilhearted
  8. evilhood
  9. evilish
  10. evilist
  11. evilista

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