calumny

• n.名誉毀損、誹謗中傷

PIE *kel の「欺く」「懲らしめる」が語源で、語源的には cavil と同じ。

calumny

calumny: see challenge

calumny (n.)

"False & malicious misrepresentation of the words or actions of others, calculated to injure their reputation" [Fowler], mid-15c., from Middle French calomnie (15c.), from Latin calumnia "trickery, subterfuge, misrepresentation, malicious charge," from calvi "to trick, deceive," from PIE root *kel- (6) "to deceive, confuse" (cognates: Greek kelein "to bewitch, seduce, beguile," Gothic holon "to deceive," Old Norse hol "praise, flattery," Old English hol "slander," holian "to slander").

1. He was the victim of calumny .

彼は中傷された。

2. Calumy is answered best with silence.

沈黙は誹謗を止めることができる.

3. Calumny require no proof.

誹謗に証拠は必要ありません。

4. Calumny requires no proof.

誹謗に証拠は必要ありません。

5. Calumy ，even from the mouth of a fool，will sometimes cut into unguarded feelings.

バカの口からの誹謗でも、無防備な人の感情を突然傷つけることがある。