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calumnious

calumnious adjective: possessing the traits of calumny.

Adjective

calumnious (comparative more calumnious, superlative most calumnious)

  1. Possessing the traits of calumny.
    • ...they must be his companions in some humble abode, in some remote obscurity; for it was in virtuous privacy only that he could hope to find a shelter from an ill-judging and calumnious world.1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5

Forms of calumnious

comparativemore calumnious
superlativemost calumnious

Origin of calumnious

From Late Latin calumniōsus.

Words formed from calumnious

Questions about calumnious

What does calumnious mean?
Calumnious means possessing the traits of calumny.
What part of speech is calumnious?
Calumnious is an adjective.

Words near calumnious in the dictionary

  1. calumniator
  2. calumniators
  3. calumniatory
  4. calumnied
  5. calumnies
  6. calumnious
  7. calumniously
  8. calumniousness
  9. calumnize
  10. calumnized
  11. calumnizes

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