Meaning & use
Facinorous
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Extremely wicked or villainous; atrociously criminal.
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The chronicle described the tyrant's facinorous deeds in vivid detail.
It was a facinorous plot, unmatched in its cruelty.
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A rare, archaic word derived from Latin "facinus" (a deed, especially a crime), now found mostly in older literature.
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