slanderous
/ˈslændəəs/SLAN-dur-uhs
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˈslændɚəs/SLAN-dur-uhs
Meaningfull of slander
Common meaning: falsely damaging to someone's name
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- slanda trap; a thing that trips one upLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 731 · scan
- eragent ending: one who
- ousadjective ending: full of, having
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
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from slander + -ous.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), SLANDER, p.560 · scan
Roots
- σκάνδαλον Greek “a trap; a thing that trips one up”
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