Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

facinorous

/fəˈsɪnəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fa-ci-norous
IPA: /fəˈsɪnəɹəs/

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely wicked.

Archaic; Formal

Example Sentences

"Tru. I would kill you, Sir, I would kill you, if you had. Mor. Why? you do more in this, Sir: it were a vengeance centuple, for all facinorous Acts, that could be nam'd, to do that you do."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facinorōsus, from facinus (“deed, bad deed”), from faciō (“to make, to do”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more facinorous (comparative) most facinorous (superlative)

Derived Forms

facinorousness

Questions

How do you pronounce facinorous?: The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈsɪnəɹəs/.
What does facinorous mean?: Extremely wicked.
Where does facinorous come from?: Borrowed from Latin facinorōsus, from facinus (“deed, bad deed”), from faciō (“to make, to do”).

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