Nefandous

//nəˈfændəs// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unspeakable, appalling. archaic

    "Also the Daemon belched forth most horrid and nefandous Blasphemies, exalting himself above the most High."

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appallingunspeakable

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"Also the Daemon belched forth most horrid and nefandous Blasphemies, exalting himself above the most High."

Etymology

From Latin nefandus, from ne- (“not”) + fandus, gerundive of fārī (“to speak”).

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