facinorous

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/fəˈsɪnəɹəs/

adjective

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.”

OriginLatin facinorōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivefacinorous (comparative more facinorous, superlative most facinorous)

comparative more facinorous · superlative most facinorous

  1. archaicformalExtremely 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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
evil

Origin

  1. Latinfacinorōsus
  2. Englishfacinorous

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

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APA

facinorous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facinorous

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“facinorous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facinorous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “facinorous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/facinorous.

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