disslander

English

Alternative forms

• dislaunder, disslaunder
• disclaunder

Etymology

From Middle English disclaundre, disslaundre, from Anglo-Norman disclaundre, from sclandre, esclandre, from Old French esclandre. See slander and compare Middle English sclaundre. By surface analysis, dis- +‎ slander.

Noun

disslander (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Slander.
   • 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:

     He declareth you a true man to hym […] the saied dislaunder and noysyng notwithstandyng.

References

• “disslander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.