furciferous

== English == === Etymology === From Latin furcifer (“yoke bearer, scoundrel”), from furca (“fork, yoke, fork-shaped instrument of punishment”) + ferre (“to bear”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fə(ɹ)ˈsɪfəɹəs/ Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs === Adjective === furciferous (comparative more furciferous, superlative most furciferous) (archaic) rascally; scandalous === References === “furciferous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.