† ˈbriberous, a. Obs.
[f. briber + -ous.]
a. Rascally, thievish, given to taking bribes. b. Of the nature of a bribe, corrupt.
| 1534 Whittinton Tullyes Offyces ii. (1540) 84 Such bryberous rewardes promessed. c 1550 Hye way Spyttel Ho. 387 in Hazl. E.P.P. IV. 44, I meane these bawdy brybrous knaves, That lodgeth them that so powles and shaves. a 1614 S. Grahame, The brib'rous minde who makes a god of gould. |