calumnious

[ kuh-luhm-nee-uhs ]

adjective

1. of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.

calumnious

/ kəˈlʌmnɪəs; -trɪ; kəˈlʌmnɪətərɪ /

adjective

1. of or using calumny
2. (of a person) given to calumny

Other Words From

• ca·lumni·ous·ly adverb
• nonca·lumni·ous adjective
• unca·lumni·ous adjective
• unca·lumni·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of calumnious¹

1480–90; < Latin calumniōsus full of tricks or artifices, equivalent to calumni ( a ) calumny + -ōsus -ous

Example Sentences

Catharine had no need, however, of crediting these calumnious tales in order to be moved to hostile action.

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It was the work of twenty years' sedulously applied deception and calumnious machinations.

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Moreover, it is absolutely calumnious to say that the congregation explicitly declared that he had forfeited all his authority.

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In War again, he has helped to conquer Corsica; fought duels, irregular brawls; horsewhipped calumnious barons.

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Sheriff neas Mackay admits with regard to it that "it must be deemed a calumnious work."

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