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English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
violous (comparative more violous, superlative most violous)
- (obsolete) violent
1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):You are so violous: This I'm resolv'd, If she be a Whore once, I'll renounce her
References
“violous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.