calumniousadj.

Brit.

/kəˈlʌmnɪəs/, U.S.

/kəˈləmniəs/

Forms: Also Middle English calompniouse, 1500s calumpniouse.

Etymology: < Latin calumniōsus, < calumnia : see calumny n. and -ous suffix. But perhaps Caxton took it immediately from a 15th cent. French calompnieux, -euse (though Littré has it only from 16th cent.).

Characterized by calumny; of the nature of calumny or of a calumniator; slanderous, defamatory.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective]

horyc1000

missayingc1330

slandering1402

disclanderous1421

maligningc1425

defamatoryc1485

calumnious1490

defamative1502

slanderous?1521

infaming1535

obtractuous1537

defaminga1550

defamous1557

black-mouthed1560

sycophanticala1566

malignious1578

libelling1587

blasting1591

maledicent1599

traducing1601

black-throated1604

blasphemous1605

depraving1606

abusive1608

calumniating1609

obloquious1611

vilifying1611

infamatory1612

calumniatory1625

aspersionating1639

aspersive1642

scandalizing1646

reflexive1654

unworthying1654

reflecting1656

reflective1664

slanderful1669

aspersing1673

reflectious1715

traducent1736

obloquial1790

sycophantic1801

wronging1845

trash-talking1975

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 98 Dydo seeng the first openyng of the daye sore besi to chasse the tenebres calompniouse away.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. &&^v This calumnyous vyce of enuy.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 57 A foule mouth'd and calumnious knaue.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 770 With calumnious Art Of counterfeted truth.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 151. ⁋7 He has been..unmercifully calumnious at such a Time.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 225 It might be true that a calumnious fable had done much to bring about the Revolution.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 93 A..calumnious journalist.

Derivatives

caˈlumniously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adverb]

noisingly1426

slanderously1429

slanderfully1550

defamously1563

defamedly1567

backbitingly1580

abusively?1593

disgracefully1604

calumniously1625

contumeliously1632

reflectingly1643

slanderingly1648

aspersively1653

defamatorily1659

vilifyingly1682

reflexivelya1716

libellously1832

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 26 Dealing..so insincerely and calumniously.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 350 [She] most calumniously charged the vertuous Queen with her own sorcerous act.

caˈlumniousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > quality

abusiveness1633

calumniousness1633

1633 Bp. T. Morton Discharge Five Imputations 159 (R.) The bitterness of my stile was plainness, not calumniousness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	calumnious
释义	calumniousadj. Brit. /kəˈlʌmnɪəs/, U.S. /kəˈləmniəs/ Forms: Also Middle English calompniouse, 1500s calumpniouse. Etymology: < Latin calumniōsus, < calumnia : see calumny n. and -ous suffix. But perhaps Caxton took it immediately from a 15th cent. French calompnieux, -euse (though Littré has it only from 16th cent.). Characterized by calumny; of the nature of calumny or of a calumniator; slanderous, defamatory. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] horyc1000 missayingc1330 slandering1402 disclanderous1421 maligningc1425 defamatoryc1485 calumnious1490 defamative1502 slanderous?1521 infaming1535 obtractuous1537 defaminga1550 defamous1557 black-mouthed1560 sycophanticala1566 malignious1578 libelling1587 blasting1591 maledicent1599 traducing1601 black-throated1604 blasphemous1605 depraving1606 abusive1608 calumniating1609 obloquious1611 vilifying1611 infamatory1612 calumniatory1625 aspersionating1639 aspersive1642 scandalizing1646 reflexive1654 unworthying1654 reflecting1656 reflective1664 slanderful1669 aspersing1673 reflectious1715 traducent1736 obloquial1790 sycophantic1801 wronging1845 trash-talking1975 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 98 Dydo seeng the first openyng of the daye sore besi to chasse the tenebres calompniouse away. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. &&^v This calumnyous vyce of enuy. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. iii. 57 A foule mouth'd and calumnious knaue. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 770 With calumnious Art Of counterfeted truth. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 151. ⁋7 He has been..unmercifully calumnious at such a Time. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 225 It might be true that a calumnious fable had done much to bring about the Revolution. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 93 A..calumnious journalist. Derivatives caˈlumniously adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adverb] noisingly1426 slanderously1429 slanderfully1550 defamously1563 defamedly1567 backbitingly1580 abusively?1593 disgracefully1604 calumniously1625 contumeliously1632 reflectingly1643 slanderingly1648 aspersively1653 defamatorily1659 vilifyingly1682 reflexivelya1716 libellously1832 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 26 Dealing..so insincerely and calumniously. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 350 [She] most calumniously charged the vertuous Queen with her own sorcerous act. caˈlumniousness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun] > quality abusiveness1633 calumniousness1633 1633 Bp. T. Morton Discharge Five Imputations 159 (R.) The bitterness of my stile was plainness, not calumniousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1490
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