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criminous

criminous adjective: criminal.

Adjective

criminous (comparative more criminous, superlative most criminous)

  1. (archaic) criminal

Forms of criminous

comparativemore criminous
superlativemost criminous

Origin of criminous

From Middle English crymynous, from Latin crīminōsus.

Words formed from criminous

Questions about criminous

What does criminous mean?
Criminous means criminal.
What part of speech is criminous?
Criminous is an adjective.

Words near criminous in the dictionary

  1. criminologies
  2. criminologist
  3. criminologists
  4. criminology
  5. criminophobia
  6. criminous
  7. criminously
  8. criminousness
  9. criminy
  10. Crimis
  11. CRIMM

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