different between felonious vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

From felony +? -ous.

Pronunciation

• enPR: f?-l?'n?-?s

Adjective

felonious (comparative more felonious, superlative most felonious)

1. Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony

   The defendant must show that any bail money he hopes to post did not come from the felonious means.

2. (law) Done with intent to commit a crime.

   felonious homicide

Synonyms

(Of, relating to, being, or having the quality of felony): malignant, malicious, villainous, traitorous, perfidious

Derived terms

• feloniously
• feloniousness

Related terms

• felon
• felonize
• felonization

See also

• criminal
• misdemeanourous

Translations

References

• felonious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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