assassinous en · ADJ
Etymology
From assassin + -ous.
Meanings
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(obsolete) Murderous; assassin-like.
And let him ask the jesuits about him, whether it be not their known doctrine and also practice, not by fair and due process of justice to punish kings and magistrates, which we disavow not, but to murder them in the basest and most assassinous manner, if their church interest so require.
1649, John Milton, “Observations on the Articles of Peace between the Earl of Ormond and the Irish”, in The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume I, published 1838, page 265:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more assassinous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most assassinous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |