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Felonous vs Felonious - What's the difference?

felonous | felonious |

As adjectives the difference between felonous and felonious

is that felonous is evil, wicked while felonious is of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious.

felonous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Evil, wicked.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vii:
    • Deliuered vp the Lord of life to die, / And did acquite a murdrer felonous [...].

    felonious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony; malignant; malicious; villainous; traitorous; perfidious.
  • * (rfdate) (John Milton):
    • O thievish Night, / Why should'st thou, but for some felonious end, / In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars?
  • (legal) Done with intent to commit a crime.
    • felonious homicide

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