Facinorous
//fəˈsɪnəɹəs// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Extremely wicked. archaic, formal
"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."
Example
More 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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin facinorōsus, from facinus (“deed, bad deed”), from faciō (“to make, to do”).
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