English
Etymology
From Latin nefandus, from ne- �not� + fandus gerundive of fari �speak�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /nɪ'fænd�s/
Adjective
en-adj
- unspeakable, appalling
#:*1999: some combination of scrapie, long-term climatic change, nefandous conduct by jealous Outer Qwghlmians, and a worldwide shift in fashion away from funny-smelling thirty-pound sweaters with small arthropods living in them had driven them all into honest poverty and then not-so-honest poverty and led to their forcible transportation to Australia. � Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
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