facinorous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈsɪnəɹəs/

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Adjective

facinorous (comparative more facinorous, superlative most facinorous)

1. (archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
   • 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
     , originally Act II Scene II page 187 but Scene I in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III page 368

     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.