What does "calumnious" mean?
Calumnious: Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak. Syn: Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. Syn: -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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