criminous
/ˈkrɪmɪnəs/adjective
1Of a person: guilty of a crime; criminal; (also) accused of a crime. Also as noun: (with the) guilty or criminal people as a class.
- Frequently used with reference to a member of the clergy..
2Of a thing: characterized by crime or grave offence; criminal.
3Of or relating to crime.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Knyghthode and Bataile. From classical Latin crīminōsus (of persons) prone to vituperation, (of speeches) accusatory, reflecting badly on a person, shameful, dishonouring, constituting a criminal offence, guilty of an offence, vicious from crīmin-, crīmen + -ōsus. Compare Anglo-Norman criminous, criminose and Middle French crimineux (noun) person guilty of a crime, Middle French, French crimineux (adjective) criminal.
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