calumnious
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin calumniōsus.
Adjective
editcalumnious (comparative more calumnious, superlative most calumnious)
- Possessing the traits of calumny.
- 1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5:
- ...they must be his companions in some humble abode, in some remote obscurity; for it was in virtuous privacy only that he could hope to find a shelter from an ill-judging and calumnious world.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:defamatory
Derived terms
editTranslations
editpossessing the traits of calumny
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