facinorousadj.

Brit.

/faˈsɪn(ə)rəs/, U.S.

/fəˈsɪnərəs/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s fascinorous, 1500s– facinorous.

β. 1500s facynerous, 1600s facinerous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin facinorōsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin facinorōsus criminal, wicked < facinor- (also faciner- ), facinus deed, especially bad deed ( < facere to do (see fact n.) + a suffix of Indo-European origin forming legal terms relating to property, also seen in e.g. fēnus interest: see fenerate v.) + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Middle French facinereux (1483), facinoreux (1488). Compare also facinerose adj.

archaic in later use.

Extremely wicked or immoral; grossly criminal; vile, atrocious, heinous; infamous.Common in the 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective]

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society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked

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1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxix^v The people hauing, in there freshe memorie the facinorous acte of there kynge.

1592 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation IV. App. lxii. 95 Others they have cast into..Newgate..among the most facinorous and vile persons.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 131 Things highly charged with sin..to a more facinorous and notorious degree.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 355 The world..is not so..facinorous, as it was in times of Paganism.

1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot Ep. sig. A^v Notwithstanding all their facinorous Performances.

1799 G. Walker Vagabond II. ii. 37 When shall..the catachrestical reasonings of facinorous aristocrats be dispanded?

1833 Mail (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 1 Nov. They are accused as accomplices in many other heinous and facinorous deeds, with the assassin Andrade.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 24 'Tis said, that father..with act impure stain'd the facinorous house.

1979 New Eng. Q. 52 567 He [sc. Jefferson] regarded Britain as facinorous. It was permeated by cupidity and commercialism.

1996 Gay Times Mar. 68/2 Many have long memories of the crimes, coupled with strong opinions on Hindley's facinorous nature.

Derivatives

† facinorously adv. Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 248 He was extraordinarily designed for those extraordinary things, which one while most wickedly and facinorously he acted, and at another as successfully and greatly performed.

1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 154 Thus, by how much every one acted most facinorously, so much the more secure he thought himself.

† facinorousness n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Facinorousness, Villainy, Wickedness.

1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. 267 The facinorousness of your lover.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali (1846) I. x. 103 Constantine the Great..condemned to death those who should practise such facinorousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	facinorous
释义	facinorousadj. Brit. /faˈsɪn(ə)rəs/, U.S. /fəˈsɪnərəs/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s fascinorous, 1500s– facinorous. β. 1500s facynerous, 1600s facinerous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin facinorōsus. Etymology: < classical Latin facinorōsus criminal, wicked < facinor- (also faciner- ), facinus deed, especially bad deed ( < facere to do (see fact n.) + a suffix of Indo-European origin forming legal terms relating to property, also seen in e.g. fēnus interest: see fenerate v.) + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Middle French facinereux (1483), facinoreux (1488). Compare also facinerose adj. archaic in later use. Extremely wicked or immoral; grossly criminal; vile, atrocious, heinous; infamous.Common in the 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adjective] awlyc1200 grievousa1300 grilla1300 uglya1300 strongc1300 outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 excessive1393 curseda1400 fella1400 misshapenc1400 rankc1400 monstruousc1425 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 nefand1490 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 funestal1538 enormious1545 facinorous1548 flagitious1550 dire1567 bonable1575 felonious1575 bomination1589 unvenial?1589 heathenish1592 enormous1593 villainous1598 nameless1611 pitchy1612 funest1636 funestous1641 scarleta1643 nefandous1649 aversable1663 atrocious1669 frightful1700 flagrant1706 atrocea1734 diabolical1750 unspeakable1831 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > extremely wicked deepOE blackOE outrageousa1325 heinousc1374 flagitiousc1384 excessive1393 rankc1400 enorm1481 prodigiousc1487 villainous1489 terriblec1510 sceleratea1513 monstrous1531 enormious1545 facinorous1548 monstruous1562 felonious1575 enormous1593 facinoriousa1616 rounda1638 scarlet1710 facinerose1727 atrocious1772 outraging1895 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxix^v The people hauing, in there freshe memorie the facinorous acte of there kynge. 1592 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation IV. App. lxii. 95 Others they have cast into..Newgate..among the most facinorous and vile persons. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 131 Things highly charged with sin..to a more facinorous and notorious degree. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 355 The world..is not so..facinorous, as it was in times of Paganism. 1679 W. Bedloe Narr. Horrid Popish Plot Ep. sig. A^v Notwithstanding all their facinorous Performances. 1799 G. Walker Vagabond II. ii. 37 When shall..the catachrestical reasonings of facinorous aristocrats be dispanded? 1833 Mail (Hagers-Town, Maryland) 1 Nov. They are accused as accomplices in many other heinous and facinorous deeds, with the assassin Andrade. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 24 'Tis said, that father..with act impure stain'd the facinorous house. 1979 New Eng. Q. 52 567 He [sc. Jefferson] regarded Britain as facinorous. It was permeated by cupidity and commercialism. 1996 Gay Times Mar. 68/2 Many have long memories of the crimes, coupled with strong opinions on Hindley's facinorous nature. Derivatives † facinorously adv. Obsolete ΚΠ a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 248 He was extraordinarily designed for those extraordinary things, which one while most wickedly and facinorously he acted, and at another as successfully and greatly performed. 1692 tr. Sallust Wks. 154 Thus, by how much every one acted most facinorously, so much the more secure he thought himself. † facinorousness n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Facinorousness, Villainy, Wickedness. 1822 E. Nathan Langreath II. 267 The facinorousness of your lover. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali (1846) I. x. 103 Constantine the Great..condemned to death those who should practise such facinorousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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