Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Detestably vile; wicked; abominable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Wicked.
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- adjective
wicked
Etymologies
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From Latin nefastus ("irreligious, inaupicious")
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Examples
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"I beg your pardon, -- I account for yours, if you really take for truth and life monsters so nefast and flagitious.
The Caxtons — Volume 10 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"I beg your pardon, -- I account for yours, if you really take for truth and life monsters so nefast and flagitious.
The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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