Nefarious Definition

nə-fârē-əs
adjective
Very wicked; villainous; iniquitous.
Webster's New World

Origin of Nefarious

  • From Latin nefārius (“execrable, abominable"), from nefas (“something contrary to divine law, an impious deed, sin, crime"), from ne- (“not") + fas (“the dictates of religion, divine law"), related to for (“I speak, I say"), and cognate to φημί (phemi, “I say").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin nefārius from nefās crime, transgression ne- not ne in Indo-European roots fās divine law dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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