Word of the Day
: April 30, 2022nefarious
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adjective
nih-FAIR-ee-us
What It Means
Nefarious means "evil" or "flagrantly wicked or impious."
// Unsurprisingly, the movie's villain has a nefarious plot to dominate the world.
nefarious in Context
"Evil Dave's Grill. The name of this grill isn't a nod to anyone nefarious; it's a cheeky reference to the wicked dishes on its dinner-only menu." — Claudia Laroye, The Toronto Star, 1 Apr. 2022
Did You Know?
Nefarious comes from the Latin adjective nefarius and the Latin noun nefas, which means "crime." Nefas is a combination of ne- ("not") and fas, meaning "right" or "divine law."
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