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English
Etymology
From Late Latin calumniōsus.
Adjective
calumnious (comparative more calumnious, superlative most calumnious)
- Possessing the traits of calumny.
1838, L E Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 5:...they must be his companions in some humble abode, in some remote obscurity; for it was in virtuous privacy only that he could hope to find a shelter from an ill-judging and calumnious world.
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Translations
possessing the traits of calumny