Rottedness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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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More examples"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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