Article March 25, 2002 Issue

According to Webster

Webster's Dictionary, 1997¹

e|vil (e'vel) adj.[ME ivel OE yfel, akin to Ger übel IE *upelobase *upo-, up from under UP^{Webster's New World College Dictionary, Third Edition, ©Hungry Minds, Inc .}, Sans upa, toward] 1a) morally bad or wrong; wicked; depraved b) resulting from or based on conduct regarded as immoral [an evil reputation] 2 causing pain or trouble; harmful; injurious 3 offensive or disgusting [an evil odor] 4 threatening or bringing misfortune; unlucky; disastrous; unfortunate [an evil hour] —adv. in an evil, wicked, or offensive way Now only in hyphenated compounds [evil-hearted] —n. 1 anything morally bad or wrong; wickedness; depravity; sin 2 anything that causes harm, pain, misery, disaster, etc. —SYN. BAD¹ —the Evil One the Devil; Satan —e'|vil-ly adv. —e'|vil-ness n.