Synonyms

calumnious

[kuh-luhm-nee-uhs] Origin

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

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
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Calumnious is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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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calumnious or calumniatory (kəˈlʌmnɪəs, kəˈlʌmnɪətərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
1.  of or using calumny
2.  (of a person) given to calumny
 
calumniatory or calumniatory
 
adj

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calumnious
late 15c., from L. calumniosus, from calumnia (see calumny). Related: Calumniously.
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