furciferous
English
Etymology
From Latin furcifer (“yoke bearer, scoundrel”), from furca (“fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment”) + ferre (“to bear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈsɪfəɹəs/
Adjective
furciferous (comparative more furciferous, superlative most furciferous)
- (archaic) rascally; scandalous
- 1853, Thomas De Quincey, Autobiographical Sketches/Oxford
- furciferous knaves
- 1853, Thomas De Quincey, Autobiographical Sketches/Oxford
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for furciferous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)