disslander
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English disclaundre, disslaundre, from Anglo-Norman disclaundre, from sclandre, esclandre, from Old French esclandre. See slander and compare Middle English sclaundre. By surface analysis, dis- + slander.
Noun[edit]
disslander (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Slander.
- 1550, Edward Hall, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, Beyng Long in Continuall Discension for the Croune of this Noble Realme, […], London: […] Rychard Grafton, […] [and Steven Mierdman], →OCLC:
- He declareth you a true man to hym […] the saied dislaunder and noysyng notwithstandyng.
References[edit]
- “disslander”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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