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facinorous

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /fəˈsɪnəɹəs/
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adj

Meaning 1

Extremely wicked.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, formal

Examples

  • Tru. I would kill you, Sir, I would kill you, if you had. Mor. Why? you do more in this, Sir: it were a vengeance centuple, for all facinorous Acts, that could be nam'd, to do that you do.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facinorōsus, from facinus (“deed, bad deed”), from faciō (“to make, to do”).