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Definition of Felonous
1. a. Wicked; felonious.
Definition of Felonous
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Evil, wicked. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Felonous
1. ruthlessly cruel [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Felonous
Literary usage of Felonous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the Laws of England by John Henry Thomas, Sir Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Heneage Finch Nottingham, Edward Coke, Matthew Hale (1836)
"... Robaría, properly is when there is a felonous taking 288 a. away of a man's
goods from his person (x): and it is called robbery, (551)* because the ..."
2. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"For " felonious," as in the two editions of 1600 and that of 1619. " felonous"
was the older form of the word, and occurs in ..."
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