calumny
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əm noun, plural cal·um·nies.
1.
a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something: The speech was considered a calumny of the administration.
2.
the act of uttering calumnies; slander; defamation.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin calumnia, equivalent to calumn-, perhaps originally a middle participle of calvī to deceive + -ia -y3)
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin calumnia, equivalent to calumn-, perhaps originally a middle participle of calvī to deceive + -ia -y3)
Synonyms
2. libel, vilification, calumniation, derogation.
2. libel, vilification, calumniation, derogation.
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| —n , pl -nies | |
| 1. | the malicious utterance of false charges or misrepresentation; slander; defamation |
| 2. | such a false charge or misrepresentation |
| [C15: from Latin calumnia deception, slander] | |
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Word Origin & History
calumny
mid-15c., from M.Fr. calomnie (15c.), from L. calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE base *kel-, *kol- "to deceive, confuse" (cf. Gk. kelein "to bewitch, seduce, beguile," Goth. holon "to deceive," O.N. hol "praise, flattery," O.E.
hol "slander," holian "to slander").
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Example sentences
We are here to open the campaign, not with slander and calumny, but to unite and draw closely to the old party all its members.
One triumphs over calumny only by disdaining it.
The charges included calumny, offense to a government member, and the divulging of defense secrets.
Squatting vendors of tea and kebab jostle soapbox ranters hawking high ideals and dirty calumny.
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