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heinous, a.|ˈheɪnəs|
Forms: 4–8 heynous, 5 -nȝous, -nos, heneus, 5–7 haynous(e, 5–9 hainous, 6 h(e)yghnous(e, heighnous, heynouse, hanouse, hainus, 6– heinous.
[a. F. haineux, in OF. haïnos, haïneus (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. haine hatred, f. ha-ïr to hate.]
1. Hateful, odious; highly criminal or wicked; infamous, atrocious: chiefly characterizing offences, crimes, sins, and those who commit them.
c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 1568 (1617) So heynous þat men myghte on it spete. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn liv. 215 To kill a man is hainous murder. 1512Act 4 Hen. VIII, c. 2 Preamble, Felonies..don in more heynous open & detestable wyse. 1513More Rich. III, Wks. 54/1 Worthye to bee punished as heighnous traitors. 1529― Dyaloge iii. Ibid. 209/2 The more heyghnouse, odiouse, & abhominable that the crime is, the more slow should we be to beleue it. 1549Cheke Hurt Sedit. (1641) 52 Set murther aside, it is the hainousest fault to a private man. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. ix. 192 Thei compted none offence more heinous then thefte. 1648Shorter Catech. Westm. Assemb. (1718), Q. 83. Are all Transgressions of the Law equally hainous? A. Some Sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more hainous in the sight of God than others. 1667Milton P.L. x. 1 The hainous and despightfull act Of Satan done in Paradise. 1683Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 87 A Heynous and Grevious Crime. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. II. 436 The Heinousest of Malefactors. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. 357 You are guilty of a heinous aggravation of your offence. 1845R. Jebb in Encycl. Metrop. II. 710/1 Heinous offenders, whose crimes afford proof of an incorrigibly bad disposition. 1869Freeman Norm. Conq. III. xii. 251 A sin of the most heinous dye.
b. transf. from crimes or offences to the accusation or charge, or view taken of them.
1548Hall Chron., Hen. VI, 167 b, Against whom..wer laied diverse and heinous articles of high treason. 1555in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xlvi. 138 Who had..just and heynouse matter agaynst theym. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. ii, Contraband trade..is not usually looked upon..in a very heinous point of view. 1875Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 148 The greater and more heinous charges included in the first bill.
†2. Grievous, grave, severe. Obs.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., To clense the blode of haynous superfluytees. 1552Latimer Serm. & Rem. (1845) 54 It shall be a heinous sentence unto them, when he shall say unto them..‘Go, ye cursed, into ever⁓lasting fire’. 1645Milton Tetrach. (1851) 225 These men..will suffer the worst and hainousest inconveniences to follow. 1675Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 200 That the sufferings of Christ have been..very great and heinous.
†3. Expressing or denoting hatred; full of hate, malicious. Obs.
a1400Morte Arth. 268 [He] said what hym lykyde, Hethely in my halle, wyth heynȝous wordes. a1547Surrey æneid ii. 92 To wreke Their hainous wrath wyth shedyng of my bloud. 1578T. N. tr. Conq. W. India 264 The heinous and injurious words which he had heard. 1580Sidney Arcadia i. (1590) 49 Which hee..tooke in so hainous maner. |