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单词 defamy
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defamyn.

Brit. /ˈdɛfəmi/, U.S. /ˈdɛfəmi/
Forms:

α. late Middle English diffamye, 1500s diffamy.

β. 1500s 1700s 1900s– defamy, 1600s defamie.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: defame n.
Etymology: Probably an alteration (with suffix substitution: see -y suffix3, and compare infamy n.) of defame n. Compare post-classical Latin diffamia (14th cent.), Middle French diffamie (c1450 in an apparently isolated attestation). On the variation between de- and di- see defame v.
1. Infamy, disgrace, dishonour; = defamation n. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun]
unworshipc888
bismerc893
shameOE
shondOE
shendnessc1000
shendinga1220
shendlaca1225
slander1297
brixlea1300
shendship1303
hounteec1330
dishonourc1380
reproofc1380
defamationa1387
dishonestyc1386
hountagec1390
defamea1393
disworshipa1400
mishonoura1400
villainya1400
shendc1400
rebukec1425
contemptc1430
reproach?a1439
reprobationa1450
disfamec1460
opprobry?a1475
lackc1480
shentc1480
vitupery1489
defamy1490
opprobre1490
dain?a1500
contemnment1502
ignominy?1527
scandalization1530
ignomy1534
contumely1555
disglory1567
dehonestationa1575
disgrace1592
attainder1597
disreputation1601
defaming1611
ignominiousness1655
adoxy1656
opprobrium1684
shonda1961
1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxviii. sig. Hij Wherof they of cartage shalle haue a blame yt shalle torne vnto them to a grete diffamye [Fr. defame].
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxlii. 359 Yt we be reputed for false and forsworne, and to ryn into suche blame and diffamy, as [etc.].
1653 J. Ley Exceptions Many & Just against Petitions 27 Though the reproach of your unrighteous dealing blast your Names with blackest defamie our Light shall breake forth as the Morning.
2. The action of attacking or damaging a person's reputation; libel or slander; = defamation n. 2.rare in the 18th and 19th centuries.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [noun]
teleeOE
folk-leasinga1000
tolec1000
wrayingc1000
missaw?c1225
slanderc1290
disclanderc1300
famationc1325
noisec1325
skander1338
missaying1340
misspeecha1375
slanderingc1380
biting1382
defaminga1400
filtha1400
missaya1400
obloquya1438
oblocution?a1439
juroryc1440
defamationa1450
defamea1450
forspeaking1483
depravinga1500
defamya1513
injury?1518
depravation1526
maledictiona1530
abusion?1530
blasphemation1533
infamation1533
insectationa1535
calumning1541
calumniation?1549
abuse1559
calumnying1563
calumny1564
belying?1565
illingc1575
scandalizing1575
misparlance?1577
blot1587
libelling1587
scandal1596
traducement1597
injurying1604
deprave1610
vilifying1611
noisec1613
disfame1620
sycophancy1622
aspersion1633
disreport1640
medisance1648
bollocking1653
vilification1653
sugillation1654
blasphemya1656
traduction1656
calumniating1660
blaspheming1677
aspersing1702
blowing1710
infamizing1827
malignation1836
mud-slinging1858
mud-throwing1864
denigration1868
mud-flinging1876
dénigrement1883
malignment1885
injurious falsehood1907
mud-sling1919
bad-mouthing1939
bad mouth1947
trash-talking1974
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxiiii. f. lii By whose defamy, and report, Sygebert was more kyndelyd to set vpon his Brother.
?1548 Ld. Berners tr. D. de San Pedro Castell of Loue sig. K.viii In perell of slander and defamy, is the honour of suche persons that wasteth theyr lyfe in suche vayne wordes.
1644 T. Batt Christs Gratious Message 79 I made them undergoe Shipwracks, Stonings, Defamie, Reproach.
1790 Eng. Chron. 8 Apr. A more friendly manner of rebuke might have been thought on, than defamy in the public prints.
1911 Bellman 6 May 561/2 It may easily be that many have suffered defamy rather than purchase a good name with blatant and selfish goodness.
1962 San Antonio (Texas) Light 24 Feb. 2/1 Harry S. Truman..now sees fit to use the low, base tactic of smear and defamy to discredit the John Birch Society.
2015 P. Skinner in E. Cox et al. Reconsidering Gender, Time, & Memory in Medieval Culture i. 17 Capturing medieval gossip usually happens through the study of litigation cases (whether or not for defamy) or literary texts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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