- furciferous
- Pertaining to a rascal or a rascal's behaviour
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
furciferous
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Furciferous — Fur*cif er*ous, a. [L. furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork shaped instrument of punishment + ferre to bear.] Rascally; scandalous. [R.] Furciferous knaves. De Quincey. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
furciferous — 1) bearing a fork Bearing and Carrying 2) bearing a forked appendage; rascally Bearing and Carrying … Phrontistery dictionary
furciferous — a. (Rare.) Rascally, scoundrelly, villanous, blackguard … New dictionary of synonyms
furciferous — fur·cif·er·ous … English syllables
furciferous — |fər|sif(ə)rəs adjective Etymology: Latin furci (from furca fork) + English ferous more at fork : having a forked appendage used especially of certain lepidopterous larvae … Useful english dictionary
Bearing and Carrying — The following table is a relatively complete listing of words relating to the bearing, exuding, carrying, emitting, or containing of things by other things. Note that almost all of them end in ferous or gerous (from the Latin ferre and gerere,… … Phrontistery dictionary
