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calumnious

American  
[kuh-luhm-nee-uhs] / kəˈlʌm ni əs /
Also calumniatory

adjective

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

calumnious British  
/ kəˈlʌmnɪəs, -trɪ, kəˈlʌmnɪətərɪ /

adjective

  1. of or using calumny

  2. (of a person) given to calumny

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Other Word Forms

  • calumniously adverb
  • noncalumnious adjective
  • uncalumnious adjective
  • uncalumniously adverb

Etymology

Origin of calumnious

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

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