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slandering, vbl. n. Now rare.|ˈslɑːndərɪŋ, -æ-|
[f. slander v. + -ing1.]
The utterance of slander(s).
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 18 In..muche sclaundrynge and cursynge and oþere peynes ynowe. Ibid. 264 For as þei seyn þis is bacbitynge or detraction & sclaundrynge. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 48 To teache the treuth, and to abstaine from sklaundering of others. 1586W. Webbe Eng. Poetrie (Arb.) 89 The olde manner of Commedies decayde, by reason of slaundering which therein they vsed against many. 1647Hexham i, A sclaundering, een lasteringe.
So ˈslandering ppl. a., ˈslanderingly adv.
1402Hoccleve Letter of Cupid 140 A sclaundryng [v.r. sclaundrous] tong is his grete aduersarye. 1599H. Porter Angry Women Abingdon (Percy Soc.) 56 A iealious slandering spitefull queane she is. 1648Hexham ii, Lasterlicken, Calumniously, Sclaunderingly. 1716Loyal Mourner 50 No sland'ring Tongue. |