"felonious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-felonious.wav Forms: more felonious [comparative], most felonious [superlative]
enPR: fə-lō'nē-əs Rhymes: -əʊniəs Etymology: From Middle English *felonious (implied in feloniously; compare felonous); equivalent to felony + -ous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm||*felonious}} Middle English *felonious, {{af|en|felony|-ous}} felony + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} felonious (comparative more felonious, superlative most felonious)
  1. Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony. Synonyms (Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony): malignant, malicious, villainous, traitorous, perfidious Translations (of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony): престъпен (prestǎpen) (Bulgarian), verbrecherisch (German), verbrecherhaft (German), bűnös (Hungarian), büntetendő (Hungarian), престу́пный (prestúpnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-felonious-en-adj-nK9aMziK Categories (other): Criminal law Disambiguation of Criminal law: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony': 99 1
  2. (law) Done with intent to commit a crime. Translations (done with intent to commit a crime): углавен (uglaven) (Bulgarian), szándékos (Hungarian), szándékosan elkövetett (Hungarian), intencionado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-felonious-en-adj-QfaV-kPK Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Criminal law Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Criminal law: 45 55 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'done with intent to commit a crime': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feloniously, feloniousness, infelonious, nonfelonious, unfelonious Related terms: felon, felonize, felonization, criminal, misdemeanourous
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