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blueseas

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3. Perhaps this word in there

Reply to Polybius (Original post)

Mon Jan 20, 2025, 01:31 AM

Jan 2025

nefandous

So wicked as to defy description: abominable, appalling.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin nefandus (wicked), from ne- (not) + fandus (to be spoken), gerundive (verbal adjective) of fari (to speak). Earliest documented use: 1649.

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