CALUMNIOUS

calumnious. Calumnious, a. slanderous, reproachful, base, vile

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Ca‐lum″ni‐ous (?), a. [[L. calumniosus.]] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak. . Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. — Ca‐lum″ni‐ous‐ly, adv. — Ca‐lum″ni‐ous‐ness, n.