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Felonous

Fel′o-nous

,
Adj.
[Cf. OF.
feloneus
. Cf.
Felonious
.]
Wicked; felonious.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Definition 2024


felonous

felonous

English

Adjective

felonous (comparative more felonous, superlative most felonous)

  1. (obsolete) Evil, wicked.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
      Deliuered vp the Lord of life to die, / And did acquite a murdrer felonous [...].