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slanderous(dictionary)

slanderous (iou)



slanderous adjective. Orig. sclanderous. LME.
[Old French esclandreux, from esclandre SLANDER noun: see -OUS.]
a. Having a bad reputation; discreditable, disgraceful, shameful. LME-L16.
b. Causing shame or disgrace to a person. rare. Only in L16.
c. Giving cause or occasion for slander. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
Of a person etc.: given to slandering. LME.
J. A. Froude His supposed offences were slanderous expressions used against the king.
Of a statement, language, etc.: of the nature of, characterized by, or containing slander; calumnious, defamatory. LME.
T. Arnold Narrow-minded in the last degree, fierce and slanderous.
slanderously adverb (a) in a slanderous manner; with slander; unjustly, falsely; (b) scandalously, shamefully: LME.
slanderousness noun L16.