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scoundrelous en · ADJ

Etymology

From scoundrel + -ous.

Meanings

1. Like or befitting a scoundrel.
   • Susan, you don't know how wicked and scoundrelous those men can be. They turn up their noses at us old retired country doctors, but they! More scoundrelous men you couldn't wish for, child! It would be just like one of them to tell you that […] 1977, Bim, volume 2, page 61:
   • You really are the most scoundrelous, wicked creature. How can you be ensnaring that poor girl all over again? Of course I miss you terribly. 2015, Colin Spencer, Lovers in War, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
   • “Only just the one, and more an appreciative thought than an impure thought.” “ Wicked, wicked, bad man,” Felicity told him, rubbing her feet. “Scandalous, shameful, scoundrelous bad man.” Gareth smoothed her hair back, ... 2013, Grace Burrowes, Gareth: Lord of Rakes, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 256:
   • In the Kennedy spacetime diagram, the projectile world line tilts downward to the right, and the destruction of the White House occurs before the scoundrelous aliens launched the projectile at the 'shoot' event. 1999, Clifford A. Pickover, Time: A Traveler's Guide, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:

Forms

Synonyms

scoundrelly