Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In entomology, bearing a forked appendage or organ. Applied to certain lepidopterous larvæ which have, on the first segment behind the head, a forked tube, called the osmeteria, or scent organ, from which the insect can protrude slender threads, for the purpose, it is supposed, of frightening away ichneumons.
- Rascally; scoundrelly; villainous.
Wiktionary
- adj. archaic rascally; scandalous
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. rare Rascally; scandalous.
Etymologies
- Latin furcifer yoke bearer, scoundrel; furca fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment + ferre to bear. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Nevertheless, the wayward bishop, after shamelessly parading his furciferous behaviour in front of the big cheese, comes away with this impression:”
Diocese of Niagara: Michael Bird justifies his behaviour to Rowan Williams « Anglican Samizdat
“This is the question of questions, to which we may demand an answer; and, according to that answer, observe the dilemma into which these furciferous knaves must drop.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘furciferous’.
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phrontistery - f
from phrontistery.info
fabaceous, fabiform, fabulist, faburden, face-cord, facetiae, facia, facinorous, factious, factitious, factitive, factive and 418 more...
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derogatory terms I should use more often
assmarmot, scuzzbucket, scumbag, sleazebag, slimeball, swamp donkey, barathrum, cacafuego, clarty-paps, comprachico, ephemeromorph, creodont and 162 more...
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via Weird and Wonderful Words
Catch-all for things culled from Weird and Wonderful Words, More Weird and Wonderful Words, and Totally Weird and Wonderful Words, by Erin McKean, et al.
aboulia, alexiteric, angletouch, dactylion, alveary, sparlire, glabella, philtrum, pallium, heart-spoon, hyperprosexia, paraprosexia and 438 more...
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Bearing and Carrying
Words with the -fer suffix ("that which carries") or the -ferous suffix ("bearing," "producing," or "yielding").
aligerous, aluminiferous, antenniferous, argentiferous, armigerous, arundiferous, auriferous, bacciferous, balaniferous, barbigerous, belliferous, brachiferous and 187 more...
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C. S. Bird – Grandiloquent Dictionary
All the words from the Grandiloquent Dictionary.
946 of these 2700 words do not yield any results in six different dictionaries, hence many of them might be misspellings.
More in...abacinate, abcedarian, abderian, ablegate, abligurition, ablutophobia, abnormous, acarophobia, acathasia, accipitrine, accidia, accubitus and 2690 more...
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Carry Me Home
Another kind of bear list: words bearing the -fer suffix ("that which carries"), the -ferous suffix ("bearing," "producing," or "yielding").
Also see (if you like) Carry Me Home Again.aquifer, conifer, umbellifer, transfer, thurifer, defer, telfer, suffer, rotifer, refer, foraminifer, poriferous and 157 more...
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Infectious ones
ridiculous, notorious, eellogofusciouhip..., bootylicious, discourteous, incongruous, ginormous, scurrilous, lascivious, capricious, anomalous, chivalrous and 47 more...
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kjbeals
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R's Vocabulary
Furciferous-Scandalous
Obzocky-Unattractive, out of place, misshappen.
Antidisestablishmentarianism-opposed to separation of Church and state
Tweets
Looking for tweets for furciferous.
DavidDINO "Whatever you do, DON'T be furciferous!" (Bill O'Rielly, 1/24/11) Jan 25, 2011
muamor (a.) Rascally; scandalous. Mar 3, 2008