traitorous
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traitorous
- /ˈtɹeɪtəɹəs/
- /ˈtɹeɪtɹəs/
Rhymes with -eɪtɹəs
Where it comes from
From Middle English trayterous, traytrous, (also Middle English traytours, treytours), from Anglo-Norman traiterous, traitourous and Old French traitros.
adjective more traitorous · most traitorous · traitourous · traiterous
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Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.
I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath,
On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain.
And of that false Coſroe, my traiterous brother,
Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?
Similar: infidelitous, Judaslike, traitorsome, treacherous, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted
- Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious.
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adj characteristic of a traitor
| Español | traicionero, traidor, kalé, magancés (disused) |
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| Português | traiçoeiro, traidor |
| Deutsch | verräterisch, treulos, untreu |
| Ελληνικά | προδοτικός prodotikós |
adj law: constituting treason; treasonable or seditious
| Ελληνικά | στασιαστικός stasiastikós, ανατρεπτικός anatreptikós |
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title = {traitorous},
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