felonious

[fuh-loh-nee-uhs]

adjective

1. Law.,  pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a felony.

   felonious homicide; felonious intent.

2. wicked; base; villainous.

felonious

/ fɪˈləʊnɪəs /

adjective

1. criminal law of, involving, or constituting a felony

2. obsolete,  wicked; base

Other Word Forms

• feloniously adverb
• feloniousness noun
• nonfelonious adjective
• nonfeloniously adverb
• nonfeloniousness noun
• unfelonious adjective
• unfeloniously adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of felonious¹

1375–1425; felony + -ous; replacing late Middle English felonous < Anglo-French, Old French

Example Sentences

But Johnson, like so many other conservative Christians, is so consumed by his fear and loathing of America’s liberal culture that he gladly embraced the felonious libertine.

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Then again, how can there be with such a mendacious, felonious, libertine as their standard bearer?

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Ultimately, what our felonious, ever-grifting president wants to do is to destroy all expertise in this country.

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It may not have been felonious enough to demand civil punishment, but it certainly required banishment from the game and from any of its rewards.

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If a felonious politician tells you that he will be a dictator, then he will behave like one if you elect him.

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