calumnious
adjEtymology From Late Latin calumniōsus.
1
Possessing the traits of calumny.
- ...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.1838, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 5:
- Derived terms
- calumniously, calumniousness