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Word of the Day – Calumniate

By December 8, 2023Word of the Day

Calumniate (verb)

kal-um-nee-ayt

to make false and malicious statements about; slander.

1545–55; Latin calumniātus (past participle of calumniārī to accuse falsely, trick), equivalent to calumni(a) calumny + -ātus-ate1

Example sentences

“We could hear the young men calumniate us and our reputations before we’d even left!”

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