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Latin
Etymology
crīmen + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
crīminōsus (feminine crīminōsa, neuter crīminōsum, superlative crīminōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- accusatory, reproachful
- slanderous, vituperative
- shameful, criminal
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “criminosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “criminosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- criminosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- criminosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.