slandern.
/ˈslɑːndə/, /ˈslandə/, U.S. /ˈslændər/ 1. † b. Fame, report, rumour. Obsolete. rare.Here used for the sake of the rhyme; but in some other Middle English examples the idea of rumour is perhaps more prominent than that of falsity.
a. The utterance or dissemination of false statements or reports concerning a person, or malicious misrepresentation of his actions, in order to defame or injure him; calumny, defamation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun]
teleeOE
folk-leasinga1000
tolec1000
wrayingc1000
missaw?c1225
slanderc1290
disclanderc1300
famationc1325
noisec1325
skander1338
missaying1340
misspeecha1375
slanderingc1380
biting1382
defaminga1400
filtha1400
missaya1400
obloquya1438
oblocution?a1439
juroryc1440
defamationa1450
defamea1450
forspeaking1483
depravinga1500
defamya1513
injury?1518
depravation1526
maledictiona1530
abusion?1530
blasphemation1533
infamation1533
insectationa1535
calumning1541
calumniation?1549
abuse1559
calumnying1563
calumny1564
belying?1565
illingc1575
scandalizing1575
misparlance?1577
blot1587
libelling1587
scandal1596
traducement1597
injurying1604
deprave1610
vilifying1611
noisec1613
disfame1620
sycophancy1622
aspersion1633
disreport1640
medisance1648
bollocking1653
vilification1653
sugillation1654
blasphemya1656
traduction1656
calumniating1660
blaspheming1677
aspersing1702
blowing1710
infamizing1827
malignation1836
mud-slinging1858
mud-throwing1864
denigration1868
mud-flinging1876
dénigrement1883
malignment1885
injurious falsehood1907
mud-sling1919
bad-mouthing1939
bad mouth1947
trash-talking1974
α.
β. c1375 Lay Folks Catech. (T.) 489 Sklaundir for to fordo a mannes gode fame.c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 1580 His other clarioun That hight sklaundre in euery toun With whiche he wonte is to diffame hem that me liste.a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27683 Of enuy cummes oft grete grocheing, Missaw, sklander, and bacbiteing.a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 232 That nobill king..Chest Sklander to the west se cost.1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. James VI in Regiam Majestatem 137 Any purpose of reproch, or sklander of his Majesties person, estate, or governement.γ. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 458/2 Slaunder,..calumpnia.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxviv Whose mother susteyned not a litle slaunder and obloquye of the common people.1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xvi. 28 The Poets being in deede the trumpetters of all praise and also of slaunder (not slaunder, but well deserued reproch).1629 L. Carlell Deserving Favourite ii. sig. E Though heretofore the company of a Father Were a sufficient buckler to beare off slanders darts.1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. ix. 124 He that kills a mans reputation by calumnies or slander, or open reviling.1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxv. 84 Who deals in slander, lives in strife.1794 S. T. Coleridge Lines on Friend 19 Shall Slander squatting near Spit her cold venom in a dead man's ear?1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 1161 Falsehood and malice, either express or implied, are of the essence of the action for slander.1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxiv. 214 How much is only slander and false suspicion?c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 165 Þov mis-seist mi louerd þe king;..ho miȝte soffri swuch sclaundre bote he nome þar~of wreche?
a1325 Prose Psalter xlix. 21 Þou..spak oȝain þy broþer, and þou settedest sclaundre oȝains þe sones of þy moder.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 6 Þe ilke þet zuereþ zoþ.., naȝt kueadliche, ake liȝtliche and wyþ-oute sclondre.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 27 Þay þoghten forto take hym wyth som wordes of sclawndyr yn God.
1486 Bk. St. Albans f v Ther be iiii. thyngs principall to be drad of euery wise man... The iiii. is sclaunder & the mutacion of a comynalte.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBBv The spirit of falsenes, the spirit of sclaunder.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > rumour > [noun]
speechc1000
wordOE
hearinga1300
opinion1340
talesa1375
famea1387
inklinga1400
slandera1400
noising1422
rumour?a1425
bruit1477
nickinga1500
commoninga1513
roarc1520
murmura1522
hearsay?1533
cry1569
scandal1596
vogue1626
discourse1677
sough1716
circulation1775
gossip1811
myth1849
breeze1879
sound1899
potin1922
dirt1926
rumble1929
skinny1938
labrish1942
lie and story1950
scam1964
he-say-she-say1972
factoid1973
ripple1977
goss1985
a1400 K. Alis. 6066 Þe folk of þe londe herden þe sclaunder Þat to hem com kyng Alisaunder.
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 4797 The lijf of Alisaunder, Of whom fleiȝ so riche sklaunder.
2. A false or malicious statement or utterance intended to injure, defame, or cast detraction on the person about whom it is made.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > a slander or calumny
slander1297
calumniation1588
reflect1594
aspersion1596
scandal1604
calumny1616
libel1618
reflection1646
vilification1709
β.
γ. c1375 Lay Folks Catech. (L.) 1338 Slaundrys for to for-do a mannys good fame.c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 132 Þe Emperour..askeþ þan What ys riȝte name was þat made such a slaundre. ‘Sire,’ said he, ‘sir Fyrumbras þe kyng of Alysaundre’.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 128 His gift is, in deuising impossible slaunders . View more context for this quotation1611 B. Jonson Catiline iii. sig. F1v Where it concernes himselfe, Who's angry at a slander, makes it true. View more context for this quotationa1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 122 Your tongues..run ryot in..spightful slanders.1727 J. Gay Fables I. xxv. 86 One slander must ten thousand get.1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xviii. 414 Count De Villefort has detected the slanders, that have robbed me of all I hold dear on earth.1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 172 His slanders were monstrous: but they were well timed.1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 302 The envious..reduces his rivals to despair by his unjust slanders of them.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 6851 Þer was vpe þe quene emme..ydo A luþer sclandre.
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2145 Vn giltles er ȝe In swiche a sclaunder brouȝt.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 86 To scornie and to scolde, sclaundres to make.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 2 Of the whiche there come to diuerse gret defames and sclaundres withoute cause and reson.
1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. pp.iv There was neuer creature borne..that myght escape the sclaunders and bakbytynges of them whiche are bakbyters.
1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. vii. sig. K It maie be a sclaunder, but it is no lye.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xiijv If he beynge tyckled wyth false complaintes and sklaunders [L. criminationibus], should come into Germany.
a. Discredit, disgrace, or shame, incurred by or falling upon a person or persons, esp. on account of some transgression of the moral law, unworthy action, or misdemeanour; evil name, ill repute, opprobrium. Obsolete. Cf. scandal n. 2.In some cases not clearly separable from sense 1.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun]
unworshipc888
bismerc893
shameOE
shondOE
shendnessc1000
shendinga1220
shendlaca1225
slander1297
brixlea1300
shendship1303
hounteec1330
dishonourc1380
reproofc1380
defamationa1387
dishonestyc1386
hountagec1390
defamea1393
disworshipa1400
mishonoura1400
villainya1400
shendc1400
rebukec1425
contemptc1430
reproach?a1439
reprobationa1450
disfamec1460
opprobry?a1475
lackc1480
shentc1480
vitupery1489
defamy1490
opprobre1490
dain?a1500
contemnment1502
ignominy?1527
scandalization1530
ignomy1534
contumely1555
disglory1567
dehonestationa1575
disgrace1592
attainder1597
disreputation1601
defaming1611
ignominiousness1655
adoxy1656
opprobrium1684
shonda1961
α.
β. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xii. 17 Hit were boþe skaþe and sklaundre to holy cherche.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xii. 47 Felyce hir fayrnesse fel hir al to sklaundre.c1425 J. Audelay XI Pains of Hell 139 in Old Eng. Misc. 215 Þese..neuer wold shryue hem of þat trespase, Fore dred of sklawnder and penans doyng.1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. i. 726 He withdrewe hym from the companye and felaushyp of Quene Gueneuer for to eschewe the sklaunder and noyse.a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 200 It is..tinsale baith of honour and of fame, Incres of sorrow, sklander and evill name.γ. c1480 (a1400) St. Clement 618 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 391 With þat al schot sone one hyme,..& huntyt hym owt of þare towne with slandyre & confusione.1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. xvv Muche matter was deuised in the same proclamacion to the slaunder of the Lord Hastynges.1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. K7v Some [ministers] fall to one mischiefe, some to another, to the great slander of the Gospell of Iesus Christ.1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 172 When they are suspected of Adultery, and thereby gives slander to the Kirk,..they are excommunicat.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 7287 Haraldes broþer, þat he drof in to flaundre,..him sulf to grete sclaundre.
c1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. (MS. B.) 377 To hom þat are in ille lyue, In sclaunder, myscounforth, or in stryue.
c1400 Rom. Rose 5074 And she of hirs may hym, certeyne, With~oute sclaundre, yeven ageyn.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 35 I will telle you of a lady that caught a gret blame and sclaundre atte iusting withoute cause.
1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 340 Quhilk taill and brute, besydis the sclandir that it importis to thame.., is to hir Hienes self verie prejudiciall.
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c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Philomene. 2231 Why madist thow on to the Slaundere of man, Or..Whi sufferist thow that tereus was bore.
c1400 Rom. Rose 3972 To me it is gret hevynesse, That the noyse so ferre is go, And the sclaundre of us twoo.
1428 in Surtees Misc. (1890) 3 In..ryght gret sklaundre of ye cite of York, and agayne ye course of trewe marchandise.
1622 (?a1513) W. Dunbar Poems (Reidpeth) (1998) I. 174 Think ȝe not schame, Sa litill polesie to work, In hurt and sklander of ȝour name?
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > source of discredit or discrediting circumstance
villainyc1340
slander1390
ill1414
reproachc1450
opprobry1534
dispraise1535
slanderer1558
obloquy1589
disreputation1609
reflection1622
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 189 If the lawe be forbore..It makth a lond torne up so doun, Which is unto the king a sclandre.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xviii. iv. 731 That shalle be a grete sklaunder for yow in thys Courte.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde iii. xiii. 162 A grete lady whiche to fore had don to hym a grete sklaundre and dysplaysir.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 218/1 And that wer a sore sclaunder to the word of god, that men should se him whom thei heare preache well, so proude an ypocryte.
1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 30 The whiche is thought as well a greate sclaunder to the said common lawe of this Realme.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [noun] > source of discredit or discrediting circumstance > person or thing causing discredit > person causing discredit
slander1529
blot1938
1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. xviv They shuld be of the worst sort, and such as now be sklaunder of theyr order.
1547 J. Harrison Exhort. Scottes a v These..reputed heddes of the Churche, bee the onely shame and slaunder of the Churche.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H3v That shamefull Hag, the slaunder of her sexe. View more context for this quotation
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > errant conduct > [noun] > occasion or cause of
slanderc1340
stumbling-block1526
stumble1651
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > cause of moral lapse or fall
slanderc1340
offendinga1425
stumbling-block1526
stumble1651
c1340 R. Rolle Psalter xlviii. 13 Þis way, þat is, þis life of þa, for it ledis þaim til hell, is slawndire til þaim.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xiii. 41 Mannes sone shal sende his angels, and thei shulden gedre of his rewme alle sclaundris, and hem that don wickidnesse.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 348 He was not so perfit that he couthe bere beggerie at ful withoute sclaundre.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 57 Go o bak after me Sathanas, and þu art sclaunder to me.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 30 Ve prech Iesu Christ crucifeit, sclander to the Iowis and folie to the gentils.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. T3v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) He that desireth to be good in deede ought not so much as to become any occasion or slaunder at all of euill.
Compounds
attributive and in other combinations (in sense 1), as slander action, slander-bearer, slander currency, slander law; slander-beaten, slander-mouthed adjs.
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1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 114 Whole volumes gainst their slander-bearers.
1622 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Thebalds 22 A slander-beaten Crosse, a crucified Sauiour.
1700 W. Congreve Way of World iii. i. 35 A slander mouth'd Railer.
a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) ii. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 51 In all cases of slander currency, whenever the drawer of the lie was not to be found.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 5/3 Our slander law is still uncivilised.
1900 Daily News 1 June 7/4 Rumours had been spread about the village, on which the slander action was begun by him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
slanderv.
/ˈslɑːndə/, /ˈslandə/, U.S. /ˈslændər/ a. In passive; also reflexive (see first ).
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (intransitive)] > be caused to stumble morally
slanderc1325
offendc1384
c1325 Metr. Hom. 35 Ful bliced..es he That es noht sclaunderd in me.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark iv. 17 Afterward tribulacioun sprongen vp,..anoon thei ben sclaundrid.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13109 Þat man sal for-blisced be þe quilk him sclanders noght for me.
c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) xxviii. 146 Wherfore they were gretely sclaundred and stired aȝenst hym.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 513 The persoon sclaundrid (that is to seie, prouokid and putt into synne).
1563 N. Winȝet Wks. (S.T.S.) I. 67 That the waik and infirm be nocht slanderit be our vngodly silence in tyme of persequtioun.
b. Used actively. (Cf. scandalize v.1 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [verb (transitive)] > cause
slander1382
offend1526
err1632
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > cause to lapse or stumble
slander1382
offend1526
stray1561
err1632
scandal1632
lapse1664
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Mal. ii. 8 Forsothe ȝe wenten awey fro the weye, and sclaundren ful many men in the lawe.
c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 40 He þat puttiþ forþ þis þing noiþer drediþ ne schamiþ to lette ne sclaunder oþer men.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton C vj If thyne eye sclaunder or shame thy self put hit fro the.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qvi If thyne eye sclaunder the, or be to ye occasion of syn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [verb (transitive)]
to say or speak (one) shamec950
to bring, make to shondOE
awemOE
shamec1175
unmenskc1225
to bring, shape, turn to shamea1250
to do villainy or a villainy1303
to bring, drive to scornc1320
honisha1325
dishonesta1382
unhonourc1384
defamea1387
slandera1387
disworshipa1450
vituper1484
disfamea1533
to shend ofc1540
defect1542
dishonour1568
disgrace1573
escandalize1574
mishonour1576
yshend1579
scandalize1583
traduce1605
beclown1609
dedecorate1609
disdignify1625
vilify1651
lynch1836
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 23 Þe prisoners þat were i-sent aȝe were i-sclaundred for evermore.
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 125 Þies synnes er grevus, and þerfor I enione þe to penance at þou schryfe þe noght of þaim vnto no noder man, for þai may gretlie sklander þe.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 173 I entende not that by me ye sholde be sclawndrid.
c1480 (a1400) St. Justina 430 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 164 Þe feynde..thocht to fyle hyre gud name, & sclandir hyr, & gere thol scham.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 139 Now adays the precharys sklaunder the word of god rather then teche hyt, by theyr contrary lyfe.
1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. ii. sig. C2v Yet might she loue me for my valiancie, I, but thats slaundred by captiuitie.
1603 M. Drayton Barrons Wars v. lviii. 117 Least in that place the sad displeased earth, Doe loathe it selfe as slandered with my birth.
3. † b. To accuse (unjustly or otherwise) of, charge or reproach with, something discreditable. Also with that and clause. Obsolete.† c. Scottish. To charge with, accuse of, a crime or offence. Obsolete.
a. To defame or calumniate; to assail with slander; to spread slanderous reports about, speak evil of, traduce (a person, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)]
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
teleeOE
sayOE
to speak evil (Old English be) ofc1000
belie?c1225
betell?c1225
missayc1225
skandera1300
disclanderc1300
wrenchc1300
bewrayc1330
bite1330
gothele1340
slanderc1340
deprave1362
hinderc1375
backbite1382
blasphemec1386
afamec1390
fame1393
to blow up?a1400
defamea1400
noise1425
to say well (also evil, ill, etc.) of (also by)1445
malignc1450
to speak villainy of1470
infame1483
injury1484
painta1522
malicea1526
denigrate1526
disfamea1533
misreporta1535
sugill?1539
dishonest?c1550
calumniate1554
scandalize1566
ill1577
blaze1579
traduce1581
misspeak1582
blot1583
abuse1592
wronga1596
infamonize1598
vilify1598
injure?a1600
forspeak1601
libel1602
infamize1605
belibel1606
calumnize1606
besquirt1611
colly1615
scandala1616
bedirt1622
soil1641
disfigurea1643
sycophant1642
spatter1645
sugillate1647
bespattera1652
bedung1655
asperse1656
mischieve1656
opprobriatea1657
reflect1661
dehonestate1663
carbonify1792
defamate1810
mouth1810
foul-mouth1822
lynch1836
rot1890
calumny1895
ding1903
bad-talk1938
norate1938
bad-mouth1941
monster1967
α.
β. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7415 Þus in helle salle þai far ay, And þar-with sklaundre God.a1400 Evang. Nicod. 421 in Herrig Archiv 53 398 Wha sklaunders god, yhe wate he mon Be staned to ded for syn.c1425 J. Audelay XI Pains of Hell 77 in Old Eng. Misc. 213 Þo..Bakbidit here neȝtbore for enuy, And sklaundird hem in erþ ful falseley.1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 84 b/1 I..haue leuer to deye than to dyffame & sklaundre my moder so fowly.1581 J. Hamilton Catholik Traictise i. f. 19v Gif they..sklander and blasphame lauful magistrats.1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 187 Throuch the inuie of sum persounis, he had bene sklandiret to the Emperour.γ. c1425 Hampole's Psalter Metr. Pref. 55 Thus þei seyd..And slaundird foule þis holy man.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 458/2 Slawnderon, scandalizo, calumpnior.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 720/2 Have alwayes a good tonge in your heed, for it is both synne and shame to slaunder any bodye.1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvj To slaunder any man, before he be convicte of Heresye.1622 R. Sanderson Two Serm. Boston ii. 59 It is deepliest slandered, and hotliest opposed.1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 307 One shall abuse and slander the other.1667 M. Poole Dialogue between Popish Priest & Protestant 92 You slander us in this point.1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 363 Full ten years slander'd, did he once reply?1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 69 Some one, he thought, had slander'd Leolin to him.1888 G. Masson Med. France (1897) 42 Bertram de Born..spent his life in warring against his neighbours..and..slandering them in his sirventes.c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 4252 Thurgh pride he sal ogayn God ryse And hym sclaunder and his law dispise.
1397 Rolls of Parl. III. 379/1 In that that I sclaundred my Loord, I knowleche that I dede evyll.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 21 After these wordes, she wepte and saide he had sclaundred her, and that it shuld not abide unponisshed.
?1471 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 356 W. Barker sclaundred me yn certeyn maters of gode... Wold Jesu B[a]rker had seyd true.
a1569 A. Kingsmill Viewe Mans Estate (1580) 10 The finest clothe maie be soonest stained, the honestest maie bee soonest sclaundered.
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 74 Their art of sclaundering their opposites,..misreporting their actions [etc.].
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > often falsely
surmit1411
slanderc1430
traduce1585
c1430 Chev. Assigne 234 She was sklawnndered on-hyȝe þat she hadde taken howndes.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Titus i. 6 Havynge faythfull children which are not sclandred off royote.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 834 I am ferd..þat hit lede..me harme for to haue of thy hegh wille, To be sclaundret of þi skathe.
1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 128 That are (truelie) slaundred with eating fyve meales a day.
1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. i. sig. I O, Sir, proceed: Ile slander you no more of wit, good Sir. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. ii. 38 The best way is, to slander Ualentine, With falsehood, cowardize, and poore discent. View more context for this quotation
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > accuse [verb (transitive)] > accuse of or charge with
tee871
upbraidc1000
acoupc1300
retc1300
becalla1325
charge138.
impeachc1380
putc1380
blamea1400
appeach1430
gredea1450
articlea1460
filea1500
slander1504
to lay to one's charge1535
aggravate1541
to charge (a person) with1559
reproach1570
attaint1586
impute1596
censure1634
arraign1672
saddle1794
inculpate1799
1504 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1900) II. 436 Men that wes sclanderit with finding of ane hurd.
1579 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. III. 158 Personis sclanderit or suspect of treasoun salbe tane and remane in firmance.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. James II in Regiam Majestatem 132 Gif any person is sklandered, or suspect of treason, he sal remaine in firmance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > slander or calumniate [verb (transitive)] > represent as worse than it is
slander1401
aggregec1405
engrieve1535
1401 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 94 Thou wenest thou saist soth whan thou liest most lewde, and sclaunderist the truthe.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 145 Thir freuole sophistaris that marthirs and sklandirs the text of aristotel deseruis punitione.
1569 J. Rogers Glasse Godly Love 178 Make such ashamed as would sclaunder the holy Gospell.
1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Pref. 11 It hath beene slandered for heresie and new doctrine to have the Scripture in vulgar.
5. intransitive or absol. To speak or utter slanders.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > utter slander or calumny [verb (intransitive)]
missay?c1225
wrayc1330
malignc1425
slanderc1426
libel1570
deprave1600
calumniate1609
libellizec1620
sycophantize1636
disreport1655
scandalize1745
to sling (also fling, throw) mud1768
calumny1895
foul-mouth1960
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 6 Ne say no word to hym sklaunderyng.
1428 in Surtees Misc. (1890) 6 He was counseld and biddyn noght to sclandyr in na maner bot say fully ye treuthe.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 63 Be ȝe so wyis that uderis at ȝow leir, Be nevir he to sklander nor defame.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 425 Let them raile then, scoffe & slander.
1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud iv. iv, in Maud & Other Poems 16 I keep but a man and a maid, ever ready to slander and steal.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > publish or spread abroad [verb (transitive)]
sowc888
blowc1275
dispeple1297
to do abroadc1300
fame1303
publyc1350
defamea1382
publisha1382
open?1387
proclaima1393
slandera1400
spreada1400
abroachc1400
throwc1400
to give outa1425
promote?a1425
noisec1425
publicc1430
noisec1440
divulgea1464
to put outc1475
skail1487
to come out witha1500
bruit1525
bruita1529
to bear out1530
divulgate1530
promulgate1530
propale?1530
ventilate1530
provulgate1535
sparple1536
sparse1536
promulge1539
disperse1548
publicate1548
forthtell1549
hurly-burly?1550
propagate1554
to set abroada1555
utter1561
to set forth1567
blaze1570
evulgate1570
scatter1576
rear?1577
to carry about1585
pervulgate1586
celebrate?1596
propalate1598
vent1602
evulge1611
to give forth1611
impublic1628
ventilate1637
disseminate1643
expose1644
emit1650
to put about1664
to send abroad1681
to get abroad1688
to take out1697
advertise1710
forward1713
to set abouta1715
circulate1780
broadcast1829
vent1832
vulgate1851
debit1879
float1883
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 27425 Atte wiser squa his rede aske he, þat na man shrift sklaunderet be.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vii. l. 919 Tharfor I will bot lychtly ryn that cace, Bot it be thing that playnly sclanderit is.
Derivatives
ˈslandered adj. also absol.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] > slandered
belied1590
slandered1602
defamed1630
scandalled1640
aspersed1655
calumniated1793
belibelled1881
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > calumniated person
defamed1549
slandered1819
detracted1890
1602 J. Colleton (title) A Ivst Defence of the Slandered Priestes.
1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iii. i. 47 We Are now..man to man;..The slanderer to the slandered; foe to foe.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 230 They all preferred the slandered to the slanderer; but they listened all the same.
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