All 3 Uses of
treason
in
The Crying of Lot 49
- The other courier, one Vittorio, takes offense, vowing in an aside to report this treasonable talk to Angelo at the first opportunity.†
Chpt 3treasonable = able to be punished as an act of betrayalstandard suffix: The suffix "-able" means able to be. This is the same pattern you see in words like breakable, understandable, and comfortable.
- Back to Squamuglia, where Vittorio, the Duke's courier, reports how Niccolo has been talking treason.†
Chpt 3 *treason = an act of betrayal
- It was not an act of treason, nor possibly even of defiance.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
betraying someone or something -- typically betraying one's own country
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies)
(in this context, to betray is to not be loyal--often by helping enemies)