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felonious
fe·lo·ni·ous / fəˈlōnēəs/ • adj. of, relating to, or involved in crime: they turned their felonious talents to the smuggling trade. ∎ Law relating to or of the nature of felony: his conduct was felonious. DERIVATIVES: fe·lo·ni·ous·ly adv. |
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"felonious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "felonious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-felonious.html "felonious." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-felonious.html |
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Felonious
FELONIOUSDone with an intent to commit a serious crime or a felony; done with an evil heart or purpose; malicious; wicked; villainous. An aggravated assault, such as an assault with an intent to murder, is a felonious assault. A simple assault, such as one done with an intent to frighten, is not felonious. |
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"Felonious." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Felonious." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701793.html "Felonious." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701793.html |
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felonious
•Bierce, fierce, Pearce, Peirce, pierce, tierce
•Fabius, scabious
•Eusebius
•amphibious, Polybius
•dubious • Thaddeus • compendious
•radius • tedious
•fastidious, hideous, insidious, invidious, perfidious
•Claudius
•commodious, melodious, odious
•studious • Cepheus
•Morpheus, Orpheus
•Pelagius • callipygous • Vitellius
•alias, Sibelius, Vesalius
•Aurelius, Berzelius, contumelious, Cornelius, Delius
•bilious, punctilious, supercilious
•coleus • Julius • nucleus • Equuleus
•abstemious
•Ennius, Nennius
•contemporaneous, cutaneous, extemporaneous, extraneous, instantaneous, miscellaneous, Pausanias, porcellaneous, simultaneous, spontaneous, subcutaneous
•genius, heterogeneous, homogeneous, ingenious
•consanguineous, ignominious, Phineas, sanguineous
•igneous, ligneous
•Vilnius
•acrimonious, antimonious, ceremonious, erroneous, euphonious, felonious, harmonious, parsimonious, Petronius, sanctimonious, Suetonius
•Apollonius • impecunious
•calumnious • Asclepius • impious
•Scorpius
•copious, Gropius, Procopius
•Marius • pancreas • retiarius
•Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various, vicarious
•Atreus
•delirious, Sirius
•vitreous
•censorious, glorious, laborious, meritorious, notorious, uproarious, uxorious, vainglorious, victorious
•opprobrious
•lugubrious, salubrious
•illustrious, industrious
•cinereous, deleterious, imperious, mysterious, Nereus, serious, Tiberius
•curious, furious, injurious, luxurious, penurious, perjurious, spurious, sulphureous (US sulfureous), usurious
•Cassius, gaseous
•Alcaeus • Celsius
•Theseus, Tiresias
•osseous, Roscius
•nauseous
•caduceus, Lucius
•Perseus • Statius • Propertius
•Deo gratias • plenteous • piteous
•bounteous
•Grotius, Photius, Proteus
•beauteous, duteous
•courteous, sestertius
•Boethius, Prometheus
•envious • Octavius
•devious, previous
•lascivious, niveous, oblivious
•obvious
•Vesuvius, Vitruvius
•impervious, pervious
•aqueous • subaqueous • obsequious
•Dionysius
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"felonious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "felonious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-felonious.html "felonious." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-felonious.html |
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