Wørd of the week – nefandous

[< classical L. nefandus : wicked, impious, abominable]
/neh FAN dous/ archaic
unspeakable, unmentionable; abominable, atrocious

“Only the bricks of the chimney, the stones of the cellar,
some mineral and metallic litter here and there, and the
rim of that nefandous well.”
- Tales of H. P. Lovecraft

“Many of the persons who held such opinions were, of
course, guilty of the most nefandous conduct themselves,
and yet saw no paradox in holding such views because they
were not hypocrites themselves-they took no moral stances
and lived by none.”
- Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age

I have to say, I can think of a few people this applies to.