ˈcankeredness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
Malice, spite; ill-humour; crabbed temper.
| 1538 Sir T. Wriothesly in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. II. 109 Thinking..with his clemencye to conquerre their cancerdnes. 1548 Udall, etc. Erasm. Par., Pref. to Luke 3 a, With malicious cancardnesse. 1660 Hacket Serm. Whitehall 22 Mar. 8 The cankardness of two men cost them fourty years bondage more. |