(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:23:55

Ne"fand (?), Ne*fan"dous (?), a. [L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.]

Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.

[Obs.] "Nefand adominations." Sheldon. "Nefandous high treason." Cotton Mather.

 

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