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单词 calumny
释义
calumnycal‧um‧ny /ˈkæləmni/ noun (plural calumnies) Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcalumny
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French calomnie, from Latin calumnia, from calvi ‘to deceive’
Examples
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  • He could brand this as a calumny.
  • He was relaxed, a contrast to the tension which had gripped him while he spoke of the MacQuillan calumny.
  • Murders, theft, rape, calumnies, graft - our daily bread.
1[countable] an untrue and unfair statement about someone that is intended to give people a bad opinion of them2[uncountable] when someone says things like this
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