heinous (el as a), hainous, haynous

[O. Fr. hainos, from haine hate, hair to hate; Fr. haineux; cf. Goth hatyan, hatjan =to hate.] Hateful; odious; detestable; abominable; flagrant; atrocious; wicked in the highest degree. "Geue none eare to their haynous heresies."-Sir T. More Works, p. 313. Heinous and flagitious are both applied to offenses against human or divine law, but the latter is the stronger term. An offense is heinous from its very nature; it becomes flagitious on account of its extreme features. he in-ous-ly (el as ā), *hain-ous-ly, *haynous-ly, *he in-ous-lie, adv . [Eng. heinous ; -ly.] In a heinous manner or degree; hatefully; odiously; abominably; atrociously. "This very lawe is often transgre ed, and that haynously euen in the church." -Hackluyt : Voyages, i. 581.