assassinousadj.

Brit.

/əˈsasᵻnəs/, U.S.

/əˈsæs(ə)nəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: assassin n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < assassin n. + -ous suffix.

Now rare.

Of the nature of, or characteristic of, an assassination or assassin; (more generally) murderous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [adjective]

murderous1535

Cainish?1541

murdering1550

murderish1550

Herodian1581

slaughterous1582

death-doing1590

carnal1597

assassinating1609

man-killing?1611

assassinous1623

cut-throat?a1625

Cain-like1656

red-handed1781

assassinative1841

manquelling1916

1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Assassinous, murderous.

1625 M. Sutcliffe Blessings on Mount Gerizzim iii. x. 323 The world crieth shame against their empoisonments, assassinous murders, rebellions, trecheries and villanies.

1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 54 To murder them in the basest and most assassinous manner.

1800 Louisville (Georgia) Gaz. Sept. in Y. L. Holmes Those Glorious Days iii. 60 The above persons have been loud brawlers for several years in favor of regular government of which the above assassinous attack may be taken as a specimen.

1861 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 17 379 The absence of any apparent motive for the perpetration of so great a crime as a willful and assassinous murder.

1918 Santa Fe Mag. Mar. 68/2 He wants to pay tribute to the fearless British seamen who are defying their assassinous enemies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assassinous
释义	assassinousadj. Brit. /əˈsasᵻnəs/, U.S. /əˈsæs(ə)nəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: assassin n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < assassin n. + -ous suffix. Now rare. Of the nature of, or characteristic of, an assassination or assassin; (more generally) murderous. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > [adjective] murderous1535 Cainish?1541 murdering1550 murderish1550 Herodian1581 slaughterous1582 death-doing1590 carnal1597 assassinating1609 man-killing?1611 assassinous1623 cut-throat?a1625 Cain-like1656 red-handed1781 assassinative1841 manquelling1916 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Assassinous, murderous. 1625 M. Sutcliffe Blessings on Mount Gerizzim iii. x. 323 The world crieth shame against their empoisonments, assassinous murders, rebellions, trecheries and villanies. 1649 J. Milton Observations in Articles of Peace with Irish Rebels 54 To murder them in the basest and most assassinous manner. 1800 Louisville (Georgia) Gaz. Sept. in Y. L. Holmes Those Glorious Days iii. 60 The above persons have been loud brawlers for several years in favor of regular government of which the above assassinous attack may be taken as a specimen. 1861 Rep. Supreme Court Calif. 17 379 The absence of any apparent motive for the perpetration of so great a crime as a willful and assassinous murder. 1918 Santa Fe Mag. Mar. 68/2 He wants to pay tribute to the fearless British seamen who are defying their assassinous enemies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1623
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