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Webster 1913 Edition


Baseness

Base′ness

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Noun.
The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.
I once did hold it a
baseness
to write fair.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Baseness

BA'SENESS

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Noun.
Meanness; vileness; worthlessness.
2.
Vileness of metal; the quality of being of little comparative value.
3.
Bastardy; illegitimacy of birth.
4.
Deepness of sound.