Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NE-FA'RI-OUS
NE-FA'RI-OUS, a. [L. nefarius, from nefas, unlawful, or ne and for, fari, to utter.]
Wicked in the extreme; abominable; atrociously sinful or villainous; detestably vile.
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