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• slandre (obsolete)

語源

From 中期英語 slaundre, sclaundre, from Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”). Doublet of scandal.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈslɑːndə/, (obsolete) /ˈslandə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈslændɚ/
• (Australian) IPA: /ˈslaːndə/, /ˈslændə/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈslaːndə/, /ˈslɛndə/
• 韻: -ændə(ɹ), -ɑːndə

名詞

slander (countable and uncountable, plural slanders)

1. 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.

   Synonym: see also Thesaurus:slander

   Antonym: glorification (a falsely praising statment)

2. (Internet) Vehement (and often exaggerated) criticism of a character, franchise, etc.

動詞

slander (third-person singular simple present slanders, present participle slandering, simple past and past participle slandered)

1. (transitive) To utter a slanderous statement about; baselessly speak ill of; to wrong.

   Synonyms: defame, libel (always in writing), see also Thesaurus:defame

   Antonym: glorify (to baselessly speak well of)

   • 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act III:

     Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough?
     Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him.
     Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]

派生語

参考

• defamation

アナグラム

• darnels, landers, Sandler, Nadlers, snarled, Landers, enlards, Larneds, Randles, Lenards, slandre, relands