misdemeanorous
misdemeanorous adjective: of, relating to, being, or having the quality of a misdemeanor.
Adjective
misdemeanorous (comparative more misdemeanorous, superlative most misdemeanorous)
- Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of a misdemeanor.
- where they have been indicted for Trespasses and other misdemeanorous offences not of sufficient dignity to bring the Offenders under the Royal Pleasure.1860, The Colonial Records of North Carolina, Volume 9, page 338
- We've seen the Paris of the reality show and a jillion paparazzi snaps, both glamorous and misdemeanorous.2008, Paris Hilton, Acting Like Herself Again In 'The Hottie' Washington Post
Forms of misdemeanorous
| comparative | more misdemeanorous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most misdemeanorous |
| alternative form | misdemeanourous |
Origin of misdemeanorous
From misdemeanor + -ous.
Questions about misdemeanorous
- What does misdemeanorous mean?
- Misdemeanorous means of, relating to, being, or having the quality of a misdemeanor.
- What part of speech is misdemeanorous?
- Misdemeanorous is an adjective.
Words near misdemeanorous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: misdemeanorous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “misdemeanorous.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/misdemeanorous. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.