calumniation

[kuh-luhm-nee-eyt]

ca·lum·ni·ate

[kuh-luhm-nee-eyt]
verb (used with object), ca·lum·ni·at·ed, ca·lum·ni·at·ing.
to make false and malicious statements about; slander.

Origin:
1545–55; < Latin calumniātus (past participle of calumniārī to accuse falsely, trick), equivalent to calumni(a) calumny + -ātus -ate1

ca·lum·ni·a·tion, noun
ca·lum·ni·a·tor, noun
non·ca·lum·ni·at·ing, adjective
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Calumniation is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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calumniate (kəˈlʌmnɪˌeɪt)
 
vb
(tr) to slander
 
ca'lumniable
 
adj
 
calumni'ation
 
n
 
ca'lumniator
 
n

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