calumnia

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • A cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery.
  • A pretence, evasion, subterfuge.
  • A misrepresentation, false statement, fallacy, cavil.
  • A false accusation or prosecution, malicious charge.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kalwomniā.

Origin

Proto-Italic

*kalwomniā

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