Fur-çif'er-oŭs, a.
a. [Lat. furcifer, a yoke-bearer, rogue, scoundrel, from furca, fork, yoke, instrument of punishment in the form of a fork, a fork-shaped gallows.] Rascally; scandalous. [Rare.] “Furciferous knaves.” De Quincey.
a. [Lat. furcifer, a yoke-bearer, rogue, scoundrel, from furca, fork, yoke, instrument of punishment in the form of a fork, a fork-shaped gallows.] Rascally; scandalous. [Rare.] “Furciferous knaves.” De Quincey.