| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| calumny |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | cal·um·ny |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k l  m-n |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. cal·um·nies
1. A false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation. 2. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English calumnie, from Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calv , to deceive.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
