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FACINOROUS

\fˈasɪnəɹəs], \fˈasɪnəɹəs], \f_ˈa_s_ɪ_n_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\

Definitions of FACINOROUS

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Atrociously wicked.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Atrociously wicked.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Atrociously wicked.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

fa-sin'o-rus, adj. atrociously wicked.--n. FACIN'OROUSNESS. [L. facinorosus--facinus, a crime--fac[)e]re, to do.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Wicked, atrocious, detestably bad.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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