heathenness

== English == === Alternative forms === heathenesse (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English hethenesse, from Old English hǣþennes (“heathenism, heathenry, heathendom”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþinnassī (“heathenness”), equivalent to heathen +‎ -ness. === Noun === heathenness (uncountable) Quality of being heathen.