Word of the Day:
blaspheme
What It Means
To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine.
To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred).
To calumniate; to revile; to abuse.
Blaspheme in Context
“Those who from our labours heap their board, / Blaspheme their feeder and forget their lord.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.
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