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calumniatory

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ca⋅lum⋅ni⋅ous

[kuh-luhm-nee-uhs]
–adjective
of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
Also, ca⋅lum⋅ni⋅a⋅to⋅ry [kuh-luhm-nee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] .


Origin:
1480–90; < L calumniōsus full of tricks or artifices, equiv. to calumni(a) calumny + -ōsus -ous


ca⋅lum⋅ni⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
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