Facinorous \fuh-SIN-uh-rus\ , adjective;
1. Extremely wicked or immoral; grossly criminal; vile; infamous
This word is first attested in 1548 from Latin facinorosus ("criminal, wicked"), which derives from facinor ("deed, especially a bad one"). Though facinorous is now archaic, it was very common in the 17th century.
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