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Webster 1913 Edition

Nefarious

Ne-fa′ri-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

nefarius

, fr.

nefas

crime, wrong;

ne

not +

fas

divine law; akin to

fari

to speak. See

,

adv.

, and

.]

Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile.

Syn. – Iniquitous; detestable; horrible; heinious; atrocious; infamous; impious. See

.

–

Ne-fa′ri-ous-ly

,

adv.

–

Ne-fa′ri-ous-ness

,

Noun.