traitorous en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹeɪtəɹəs/
- trāt′ərəs
- /ˈtɹeɪtɹəs/
- trāt′rəs
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Middle English trayterous, traytrous, (also Middle English traytours, treytours), from Anglo-Norman traiterous, traitourous and Old French traitros.
Meanings
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Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.
I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain. And of that false Coſroe, my traiterous brother, Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:I that inceſtuous, that adulterate beaſt, / With witchcraft of his wits, with trayterous gifts, / O wicked wit, and giftes that haue the power / So to ſeduce; wonne to his ſhamefull luſt / The will of my moſt ſeeming vertuous Queene; [...]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
- Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more traitorous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most traitorous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| traiterous | alternative | lexicographic | |
| traitourous | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
traitorousness · traitorously · untraitorous
Synonyms
renegade · treacherous · doublehearted · double-dealing · untrue · traitorsome · nonfaithful · disloyal · treacherous · false-hearted · double-crossing · unleal · traitorly · unloyal · falseheart · guiled · double-hearted · trothless · Judaslike · disleal · dastardly · traitorsome · reptilian · Judaslike · reptitious · booky · recreant · faithless · traitorish · guileful · ratlike · Judasly · infidelitous · treachersome · illoyal · unfaithful · infidelitous · Punic · perfidious · unsteadfast · viperous · swike · hollow-hearted · traitorlike · false · insidious · proditorious · traitorous · double-faced · viperish · proditory
Translations (25)
sv förrädisk (characteristic of a traitor) · mk предавнички (law: constituting treason; treasonable or seditious) · pt traiçoeiro (characteristic of a traitor) · el ανατρεπτικός (law: constituting treason; treasonable or seditious) · mk предавнички (characteristic of a traitor) · pt traidor (characteristic of a traitor) · nb forrædersk (characteristic of a traitor) · nn forrædersk (characteristic of a traitor) · de treulos (characteristic of a traitor) · de verräterisch (characteristic of a traitor) · nb forræderisk (characteristic of a traitor) · da forræderisk (characteristic of a traitor) · es magancés (disused) (characteristic of a traitor) · es traicionero (characteristic of a traitor) · mk издајнички (law: constituting treason; treasonable or seditious) · grc προδοτικός (characteristic of a traitor) · es traidor (characteristic of a traitor) · el στασιαστικός (law: constituting treason; treasonable or seditious) · nn forræderisk (characteristic of a traitor) · es kalé (characteristic of a traitor) · ca traïdor (characteristic of a traitor) · de untreu (characteristic of a traitor) · bg предателски (characteristic of a traitor) · mk издајнички (characteristic of a traitor) · el προδοτικός (characteristic of a traitor)