{ Ne″fand (?), Ne‐fan″dous (?) }, a. [L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.] Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. “Nefand adominations.” Sheldon. “Nefandous high treason.” Cotton Mather.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.