Rottedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    rottenness rare, uncountable

    "That in others of these states, [and particularly in those to the eastward of the union,¹] this germ of rottedness in the constitution of juries has been carefully excluded, and their laws have provided with laudable foresight for the appointment of jurors by selectmen chosen by the people themselves[…]"

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"That in others of these states, [and particularly in those to the eastward of the union,¹] this germ of rottedness in the constitution of juries has been carefully excluded, and their laws have provided with laudable foresight for the appointment of jurors by selectmen chosen by the people themselves[…]"

Etymology

From Middle English rotednesse; equivalent to rotted + -ness.

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