calumniatory
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From calumniate + -ory.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]calumniatory (comparative more calumniatory, superlative most calumniatory)
- Containing calumny; slanderous.
- 1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Cæsarem:
- For S. PETER (upon admission of this Passage , as your ſelves have related it in your calumniatory Information) by M. MOUNTAGU's conclusion , did not , could not fall finally ; for CHRIST prayed for him that he might not fall […]
References
[edit]- “calumniatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.