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nefandous, a.|nɪˈfændəs|
[f. L. nefand-us, f. ne- not + fandus ‘to be spoken’, gerundive of fārī to speak: see -ous.]
Not to be spoken of; unmentionable; abominable, atrocious.
1640Howell Dodona's Gr. (1645) 150 There was a complication of many nefandous crimes. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. vi. vii. (1852) 449 Sometimes he..belch'd out most nefandous blasphemies against the God of heaven. 1780J. Howie Faithful Contend. Pref. 8 That wicked and nefandous act of Parliament. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 108 That spirit of nefandous impiety with which it was..carried on by the Monastic Orders. 1827Sir H. Taylor Isaac Comnenus v. vi, 'Tis a foul offence, A most nefandous error.
Hence neˈfandousness (Bailey vol. II, 1727). |