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† ˈscelerous, a. Obs.
Also 6 scelorous.
[f. L. scelerōs-us full of wickedness, f. sceler-, scelus: see scelerate and -ous.]
Wicked, villainous.
1534Act 26 Hen. VIII, c. 6 §1 Wilfull burninge of Houses, and other scelerous Dedes and abhominable malifactes. 1567Harman Caveat Epist. (1869) 20 Not one amongst twenty [of these vagabonds] wyll discouer eyther declare there scelorous secretes. 1657W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ i. 31 Lest the city..be as Philip styled one in Greece, that fostered all scelerous persons. a1660Contemp. Hist. Irel. (Ir. Archæol. Soc.) I. 277 Come on then, blinde beetles,..lett apeere your scelerous acte, your inimitable foperie. |