facinorousness

facinorousness

English

Etymology

facinorous +‎ -ness

Noun

facinorousness (uncountable)

1. (rare, formal) extreme wickedness
   • 1841, George Borrow, The Zincali - Or, An Account of the Gypsies of Spain

     The Emperor Constantine the Great, and other emperors who founded the civil law, condemned to death those who should practise such facinorousness […]

   • 2011, Regina Jeffers, The Scandal of Lady Eleanor (page 259)

     Sounding quite pompous, he continued, “The devil cannot remain at Thorn hall. It has seen enough facinorousness.”