\Ne"fand\, Nefandous \Ne*fan"dous\, a. [L. nefandus not to be spoken; ne not + fari to speak.] Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable. [Obs.] ``Nefand adominations.'' --Sheldon. ``Nefandous high treason.'' --Cotton Mather.