Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wicked; felonious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Wicked; felonious.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Evil ,wicked .
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Examples
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And he is a fulle felonous best: and he chacethe and sleethe the olifaunt.
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And they bear but one shield and one spear, without other arms; and they wrap their heads and their necks with a great quantity of white linen cloth; and they be right felonous and foul, and of cursed kind.
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And he is a fulle felonous best: and he chacethe and sleethe the olifaunt.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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When the knigh heard them speak thus, it was greatly contrarious to his mind, for he thought never to make any such bargain, and answered them with a felonous regard: Fly away, ye ungracious people, false and evil traitors that ye be: would you that I should forsake my natural lord for such a company of knaves as ye be, to my dishonour for ever?
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The sixth, that before a felonous judge he held his peace and spake not.
The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900
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Alexandrine of Perugia had in her body a right felonous devil, which had so utterly power over her that he made her descend from a rock that stood upon
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
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The master, as felonous and proud, deigned not to do it at her request.
The Golden Legend, vol. 3 1230-1298 1900
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Secondly, she was firm when great gifts were offered to her, for she refused all, and said to the emperor when he promised to hold her as second lady in his palace, and she said: Leave to say such things, it is felonous to think it.
The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900
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Of this cruel knight and felonous you have avenged this country.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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"Fair son," saith the Lady, "The damsel is here within that the felonous knight wounded through the arm, that carried of your sister, but she is healed."
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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