slander
/ˈslɑːndə/ · noun
Meaning
- A false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
- To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.
- σκάνδαλον(Ancient Greek)→
- scandalum(la-ecc)→
- esclandre(fro)→
- slaundre(enm)→
- slander (English)
- Relations: inh, der, der, der
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