facinorous

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facinorous

/fəˈsɪnəɹəs/

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

adjective more facinorous · most facinorous

archaic, formal Extremely wicked. 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.

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@misc{facinorous_2026,
  title = {facinorous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facinorous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}