— slanderer , n. — slanderingly , adv. — slanderous , adj. — slanderously , adv. — slanderousness , n.
/slan"deuhr/ , n.
1. defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
2. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.
3. Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
v.t.
4. to utter slander against; defame.
v.i.
5. to utter or circulate slander.
[ 1250-1300; (n.) ME s ( c ) laundre esclaundre, OF esclandre, alter. of escandle scandalum cause of offense, snare (see SCANDAL); (v.) ME s ( c ) laundren to cause to lapse morally, bring to disgrace, discredit, defame esclandrer, deriv. of esclandre ]
Syn. 4. malign, vilify, revile.