Origin: 1350–1400;Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latinaedificātiōn- (stem of aedificātiō), equivalent to aedificāt(us) (past participle of aedificāre) built (aedi- stem of aedēs house + -fic-, combining form of facere to make + -ātus-ate1) + -iōn--ion
departing from the most direct way; without definite course; departing from the proper or accepted way; not straightforward, shifty or crooked
moving slowly and weakly
the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.
having or showing no concern for something that is important or serious; Many took issue with Kristen Stewart's rather c...use of the term rape, even if it was used in a metaphorical sense..
self-governing or independent; subject to its own laws only; not subject to control from outside
late 14c., in religious use, "building up of the soul," from L. aedificationem, from aedificare (see edifice). Religious use is as translation of Gk. oikodome in I Cor. xiv. Meaning "mental improvement" is 1650s. Literal sense of "building" is rare in English.