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base2    Audio Help   [beys] Pronunciation Key adjective, bas·er, bas·est, noun
–adjective
1.morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; meanspirited; selfish; cowardly.
2.of little or no value; worthless: hastily composed of base materials.
3.debased or counterfeit: an attempt to eliminate the base coinage.
4.characteristic of or befitting an inferior person or thing.
5.of illegitimate birth.
6.not classical or refined: base language.
7.Old English Law. held by tenure less than freehold in return for a service viewed as somewhat demeaning to the tenant.
8.Archaic.
a.of humble origin or station.
b.of small height.
c.low in place, position, or degree: base servitude.
9.Obsolete. deep or grave in sound; bass: the base tones of a piano.
–noun
10.Music Obsolete. bass1 (defs. 3, 4).

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME bas < OF < LL bassus low, short, perh. of Oscan orig.]

basely, adverb
baseness, noun

1. despicable, contemptible. See mean2. 2. poor, inferior, cheap, tawdry. 3. fake, spurious. 4. servile, ignoble, abject, slavish, menial.
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base 2    Audio Help   (bās)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   bas·er, bas·est
    1. Having or showing a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency. See Synonyms at mean2.
    2. Devoid of high values or ethics: a base, degrading way of life.
    3. Inferior in value or quality.
  1. Containing inferior substances: a base metal.
  2. Archaic Of low birth, rank, or position.
  3. Obsolete Short in stature.

n.   Obsolete
A bass singer or voice.


[Middle English bas, low, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bassus.]

base'ly adv., base'ness n.
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baseness

noun
unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values 

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Baseness

Base"ness\, n. The quality or condition of being base; degradation; vileness.

I once did hold it a baseness to write fair. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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