Meanings
comparative more thievious · superlative most thievious
- Characteristic of a thief or thievery; thievish
I did want her to marry. It look like a pity for her not to git married. And now she is married, and what have she married? A nasty, dad-blasted, thievious Yankee; […]
1870, The New Eclectic Magazine, volume 6, page 5401 more example
“Triplet, you rascal! You may laugh, but I don't want the gun. He may keep it, and do what he pleases with it, even to blowin' out his own thievious brains with it, for what I keer. He's welcome to the gun. You, Triplet!”
1883, Richard Malcolm Johnston, Dukesborough Tales, page 29Synonyms: theftuous
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCharacteristic of a thief or thievery; thievish
Origin
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