Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - calumny
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Calumny
calumny
noun (plural -nies) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi to deceive; perhaps akin to Old English holian to slander, Greek kelein to beguile Date: 15th century 1. a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation 2. the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to harm another's reputation • calumnious adjective • calumniously adverb
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 slander; malicious representation. 2 an instance of this. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) slander. Derivatives calumnious adj. Etymology: L calumnia ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. клевета; клеветническое утверждение, обвинение; клеветнический слух to spread calumnies —- распространять клевету (клеветнические слухи) 2. юр. ложное обвинение, клевета ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(calumnies) Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people’s respect and admiration for them. (FORMAL) He was the victim of calumny. = slander N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ n 1 an untrue and unfair statement about someone intended to give people a bad opinion of them 2 the act of saying things like this (- see also slander1) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1447, from M.Fr. calomnie, from L. calumnia "slander, false accusation," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE base *kel-, *kol- "to deceive, confuse." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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