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scandalous

/ˈskændələs/SKAN-duh-luhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈskændələs/SKAN-duh-luhs

Meaningcausing scandal

Common meaning: shocking and disgraceful

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Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*skand-‘spring, spring up, climb’source
  2. Greekσκάνδαλον‘a trap’
  3. Latinscandalum
  4. Frenchscandale
  5. Old Frenchescandlesource
  6. Middle Englishscandalsource
  7. Englishscandal‘a disgraceful event causing outrage’
  8. Englishformed in English from scandalscandalous‘shocking and disgraceful’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from scandal + -ous.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SCANDAL, p.529 · scan

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