facinorous

adjective

fa·​cin·​o·​rous

fəˈsinərəs

variants or less commonly facinerious

ˌfasəˈnirēəs

archaic

: atrociously wicked : infamous

facinorousness noun

plural -es

archaic

Word History

Etymology

Latin facinorosus, facinerosus, from facinor-, facinus deed, evil deed, crime (from facere to do) + -osus -ous

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