What is wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile. See Iniquitous. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness, n called?
nefarious — Wicked in the extreme; abominable; iniquitous; atrociously villainous; execrable; detestably vile. See Iniquitous. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Ne*fa"ri*ous*ness, n. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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