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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin facinorōsus, from facinus (“deed, bad deed”), from faciō (“to make, to do”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
facinorous (comparative more facinorous, superlative most facinorous)
- (archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. ”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: Will Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals): , originally Act II Scene II page 187 but Scene I in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III page 368
Tru. I would kill you, Sir, I would kill you, if you had.
Mor. Why? you do more in this, Sir: it were a vengeance centuple, for all facinorous Acts, that could be nam'd, to do that you do.