traducement

[truh-doos, -dyoos]

tra·duce

[truh-doos, -dyoos]
verb (used with object), tra·duced, tra·duc·ing.
to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin trādūcere, variant of trānsdūcere to transfer, display, expose, equivalent to trāns- trans- + dūcere to lead

tra·duce·ment, noun
tra·duc·er, noun
tra·duc·ing·ly, adverb
un·tra·duced, adjective


vilify, decry, disparage.


praise.

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Traducement is always a great word to know.
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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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traduce (trəˈdjuːs)
 
vb
(tr) to speak badly of
 
[C16: from Latin trādūcere to lead over, transmit, disgrace, from trans- + dūcere to lead]
 
tra'ducement
 
n
 
tra'ducer
 
n
 
tra'ducible
 
adj

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