CALUMNIATE

PRONUNCIATION: (kuh-LUHM-nee-ayt)

MEANING: verb tr.: To make false statements about someone maliciously.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin calumniari (to accuse falsely). Earliest documented use: 1554.
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CALUMNIASE - the enzyme that dissolves malicious falsehoods

COLUMNIATE - arguing about whether pillars are Ionic or Corinthian (or maybe Doric)

ALUMNIATE - what the graduates did at their big Reunion