criminous adjective. ['krɪmɪnǝs] LME.
[Anglo-Norman criminous, Old French crimineux, from Latin criminosus, from crimin-, crimen CRIME noun: see -OUS.]
1. Of the nature of a crime; marked by crime or grave offence; criminal. Long rare. LME.

2. Accusing of crime; involving crimination. LME-M17.

3. Of a person: guilty of crime. Now only in criminous clerk, a member of the clergy guilty of a crime. arch. M16.

■ criminously adverb E17.

■ criminousness noun M17.

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