criminous

[krim-uh-nuh s]

adjective Archaic.

criminal.

Origin of criminous

1425–75; late Middle English < Old French crimineux < Medieval Latin, Latin crīminōsus, equivalent to crīmin- (stem of crīmen; see crime) + -ōsus -ous

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Examples from the Web for criminous

Historical Examples of criminous

Each tells that blood tells, in that his selection of criminous groove will be governed largely by his instinctive predilections.
Criminal Types
V. M. Masten
First, there are frequent records of criminous clerks handed over to the bishop, in the ordinary routine, by the lay justices.
Chaucer and His England
G. G. Coulton
On the most burning question, that of criminous clerks, he offered a compromise.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4
Various
My natal Huck, retrograde in the tenth, gives an untrustworthy, criminous person.
Conquest Over Time
Michael Shaara