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Felonous
Fel′o-nous
,
Adj.
[Cf. OF.
feloneus
. Cf.
Felonious
.]
Wicked; felonious.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Definition
2025
felonous
felonous
English
Adjective
felonous
(
comparative
more
felonous
,
superlative
most
felonous
)
(
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
[...].
Etymology
From
felon
+
-ous
.
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