violous

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪələs/

Adjective

violous (comparative more violous, superlative most violous)

1. (obsolete) violent
   • 1623 (first performance), John Fletcher, William Rowley, “The Maid in the Mill”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     You are so violous: This I'm resolv'd, If she be a Whore once, I'll renounce her

References

“violous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.