defamatoryadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈfamət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/dəˈfæməˌtɔri/,

/diˈfæməˌtɔri/

Forms:

α. 1500s–1600s defamatorie, 1500s– defamatory; also Scottish pre-1700 defamatoir, pre-1700 defamatore, pre-1700 defamatour.

β. 1500s–1600s diffamatorie, 1500s–1600s diffamatory.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French diffamatoire; Latin diffamatorius.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French diffamatoire, (rare) deffamatoire (c1380; French diffamatoire ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin diffamatorius (from 14th cent. in British sources; also as defamatorius; from 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin diffāmāt- , past participial stem of diffāmāre defame v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier defamous adj.

a. Of speech or writing: of the nature of or characterized by defamation; that attacks or denigrates someone; libellous or slanderous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective]

horyc1000

missayingc1330

slandering1402

disclanderous1421

maligningc1425

defamatoryc1485

calumnious1490

defamative1502

slanderous?1521

infaming1535

obtractuous1537

defaminga1550

defamous1557

black-mouthed1560

sycophanticala1566

malignious1578

libelling1587

blasting1591

maledicent1599

traducing1601

black-throated1604

blasphemous1605

depraving1606

abusive1608

calumniating1609

obloquious1611

vilifying1611

infamatory1612

calumniatory1625

aspersionating1639

aspersive1642

scandalizing1646

reflexive1654

unworthying1654

reflecting1656

reflective1664

slanderful1669

aspersing1673

reflectious1715

traducent1736

obloquial1790

sycophantic1801

wronging1845

trash-talking1975

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 270 And the wordis be jniurious.., crimynous or defamatoiris.

1574 H. Howard Def. Eccl. Regiment in Eng. 93 We can hardly iustifie libels diffamatorie, & slaunderous speaches by the president of any Apostle.

1592 M. Sutcliffe (title) An answere to a certaine libel, supplicatory, or rather diffamatory.

1600 J. Colville Palinod sig. A8 Libels defamatours made against the most christian King present, could not impesh him from the crowne of France.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 144 Though the poets let fly diffamatory verses [It. versi infamatorij].

a1674 Earl of Clarendon Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 157 Defamatory Writings.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. i. 94 Who..condemn the whole in general defamatory Terms.

1798 S. E. Brydges Arthur Fitz-Albini I. ix. 215 She..gratified him with an exaggerated relation of all the vile, improper, false, defamatory, and absurd stories of every one, high and low, which were circulating through the neighbourhood.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 482 James..had instituted a civil suit against Oates for defamatory words.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 592 It was very questionable whether the words used were defamatory per se.

1933 Law Jrnl. Rep. 102 191 A false statement detrimental to the plaintiff's business, but not defamatory, carelessly made in the belief it was true, will not support an action for injurious falsehood.

1983 Financial Times 7 Apr. 11/2 Radio stations broadcasting Parliament should use a panic button to bleep out defamatory comments in live broadcasts.

2004 Independent 12 Jan. 31/1 Libel? Since when was it defamatory to accuse someone of not living in sin, as it used to be called?

b. With of or to, specifying the person, institution, etc., defamed.

ΚΠ

1592 Petition Ciuill Dissention 38 Writings..not preiudiciall to our estate, neither diffamatorie to hir Maiestie.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. 24 Such papers defamatory of the present Government.

1691 L. Sharpe Church of England's Doctr. Non-resistance 30 Such Insinuations of some Popish and Fanatick Authors, are to be abhorred as defamatory to the Design of Christianity.

1717 G. Vaughan in J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. (1792) III. App. ii. 341 When private whispers, defamatory to me are handed forward, I pass them over with slight and disregard.

1843 Provinc. Med. Jrnl. 6 541/2 It contains statements and remarks that are libellous, and highly defamatory of my professional character.

1891 Times 14 Jan. 5/5 The Portuguese Government has protested..against the posting..of bills and circulars defamatory to its credit.

1914 J. C. Rolfe tr. Suetonius Lives Caesars I. ii. 211 Such as published notes or verses defamatory of anyone under a false name should be called to account.

1982 Law & Philos. 1 471 Any report of a crime is defamatory of the person alleged to have committed it.

2013 C. Frost Journalism Ethics & Regulation (ed. 3) vii. 120 Stories in 2009 about MPs and their excessive expenses were clearly defamatory to many of them, but the stories were firmly in the public interest and true and so no law suits were launched.

2. Of a person: employing or engaging in defamation; given to defaming others.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] > addicted to slander

defamatory1648

1648 J. Taylor Mercurius Nonsencicus 6 We see now that honorable House dayly..expos'd to the most and worst of what transcendent defamatory tongues, or pennes can..speake, write, invent or publish.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 542 Incomparably beyond any of their defamatory adversaries.

1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 21 All such defamatory writers.

1783 M. Madan Five Lett. Abraham Rees i. 4 The ignorance and impudence of the lowest and most defamatory of all the hireling scribblers, who..are a scandal to the press.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 150 They have a good excuse for being defamatory.

1895 Dial 16 Oct. 218/1 A discussion of the defamatory writers who shaped the world's opinion of Cromwell until recently.

1974 Caribbean Stud. 14 48 He belongs to the long list of defamatory writers against whose sensationalist opportunism highly sensitive Haitians have felt a deep resentment.

1999 S. Dunn Sister Revol. iii. 80 A few selected prosecutions of only the most defamatory journalists.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	defamatory
释义	defamatoryadj. Brit. /dᵻˈfamət(ə)ri/, U.S. /dəˈfæməˌtɔri/, /diˈfæməˌtɔri/ Forms: α. 1500s–1600s defamatorie, 1500s– defamatory; also Scottish pre-1700 defamatoir, pre-1700 defamatore, pre-1700 defamatour. β. 1500s–1600s diffamatorie, 1500s–1600s diffamatory. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French diffamatoire; Latin diffamatorius. Etymology: < (i) Middle French diffamatoire, (rare) deffamatoire (c1380; French diffamatoire ), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin diffamatorius (from 14th cent. in British sources; also as defamatorius; from 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin diffāmāt- , past participial stem of diffāmāre defame v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². Compare earlier defamous adj. 1. a. Of speech or writing: of the nature of or characterized by defamation; that attacks or denigrates someone; libellous or slanderous. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] horyc1000 missayingc1330 slandering1402 disclanderous1421 maligningc1425 defamatoryc1485 calumnious1490 defamative1502 slanderous?1521 infaming1535 obtractuous1537 defaminga1550 defamous1557 black-mouthed1560 sycophanticala1566 malignious1578 libelling1587 blasting1591 maledicent1599 traducing1601 black-throated1604 blasphemous1605 depraving1606 abusive1608 calumniating1609 obloquious1611 vilifying1611 infamatory1612 calumniatory1625 aspersionating1639 aspersive1642 scandalizing1646 reflexive1654 unworthying1654 reflecting1656 reflective1664 slanderful1669 aspersing1673 reflectious1715 traducent1736 obloquial1790 sycophantic1801 wronging1845 trash-talking1975 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 270 And the wordis be jniurious.., crimynous or defamatoiris. 1574 H. Howard Def. Eccl. Regiment in Eng. 93 We can hardly iustifie libels diffamatorie, & slaunderous speaches by the president of any Apostle. 1592 M. Sutcliffe (title) An answere to a certaine libel, supplicatory, or rather diffamatory. 1600 J. Colville Palinod sig. A8 Libels defamatours made against the most christian King present, could not impesh him from the crowne of France. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 144 Though the poets let fly diffamatory verses [It. versi infamatorij]. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Coll. Several Tracts (1727) 157 Defamatory Writings. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. i. 94 Who..condemn the whole in general defamatory Terms. View more context for this quotation 1798 S. E. Brydges Arthur Fitz-Albini I. ix. 215 She..gratified him with an exaggerated relation of all the vile, improper, false, defamatory, and absurd stories of every one, high and low, which were circulating through the neighbourhood. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 482 James..had instituted a civil suit against Oates for defamatory words. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 592 It was very questionable whether the words used were defamatory per se. 1933 Law Jrnl. Rep. 102 191 A false statement detrimental to the plaintiff's business, but not defamatory, carelessly made in the belief it was true, will not support an action for injurious falsehood. 1983 Financial Times 7 Apr. 11/2 Radio stations broadcasting Parliament should use a panic button to bleep out defamatory comments in live broadcasts. 2004 Independent 12 Jan. 31/1 Libel? Since when was it defamatory to accuse someone of not living in sin, as it used to be called? b. With of or to, specifying the person, institution, etc., defamed. ΚΠ 1592 Petition Ciuill Dissention 38 Writings..not preiudiciall to our estate, neither diffamatorie to hir Maiestie. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. x. 24 Such papers defamatory of the present Government. 1691 L. Sharpe Church of England's Doctr. Non-resistance 30 Such Insinuations of some Popish and Fanatick Authors, are to be abhorred as defamatory to the Design of Christianity. 1717 G. Vaughan in J. Belknap Hist. New-Hampsh. (1792) III. App. ii. 341 When private whispers, defamatory to me are handed forward, I pass them over with slight and disregard. 1843 Provinc. Med. Jrnl. 6 541/2 It contains statements and remarks that are libellous, and highly defamatory of my professional character. 1891 Times 14 Jan. 5/5 The Portuguese Government has protested..against the posting..of bills and circulars defamatory to its credit. 1914 J. C. Rolfe tr. Suetonius Lives Caesars I. ii. 211 Such as published notes or verses defamatory of anyone under a false name should be called to account. 1982 Law & Philos. 1 471 Any report of a crime is defamatory of the person alleged to have committed it. 2013 C. Frost Journalism Ethics & Regulation (ed. 3) vii. 120 Stories in 2009 about MPs and their excessive expenses were clearly defamatory to many of them, but the stories were firmly in the public interest and true and so no law suits were launched. 2. Of a person: employing or engaging in defamation; given to defaming others. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adjective] > addicted to slander defamatory1648 1648 J. Taylor Mercurius Nonsencicus 6 We see now that honorable House dayly..expos'd to the most and worst of what transcendent defamatory tongues, or pennes can..speake, write, invent or publish. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 542 Incomparably beyond any of their defamatory adversaries. 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 21 All such defamatory writers. 1783 M. Madan Five Lett. Abraham Rees i. 4 The ignorance and impudence of the lowest and most defamatory of all the hireling scribblers, who..are a scandal to the press. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 150 They have a good excuse for being defamatory. 1895 Dial 16 Oct. 218/1 A discussion of the defamatory writers who shaped the world's opinion of Cromwell until recently. 1974 Caribbean Stud. 14 48 He belongs to the long list of defamatory writers against whose sensationalist opportunism highly sensitive Haitians have felt a deep resentment. 1999 S. Dunn Sister Revol. iii. 80 A few selected prosecutions of only the most defamatory journalists. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1485
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