facinorous

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fəˈsɪnəɹəs/
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Adjective

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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.