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adjective
1Of a thoroughly corrupt nature or character; wicked through and through; extremely unkind or unpleasant.
2Of a tree, root, etc.: that has rotten heartwood.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From rotten + hearted.
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