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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Unspeakable; unspeakably odious.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. obsolete Extremely odious

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. obsolete Too odious to be expressed or mentioned.

Etymologies

  1. From Latin infandus. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “And for that reason, Velshi said the minister is refusing to override the decision by Canada Border Security Agency officials under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. "What we are not going to do is give special treatment to someone who has bragged about providing 'financial support' for Hamas … and who sympathized with the Taliban terrorists who are killing Canadians overseas," Velshi said. called Mr. Velshi to find out more about the thinking behind the ban and what led him to use the long-obsolete word "infandous" - which the Oxford English dictionary defines as a word that once meant "Unspeakable, not to be spoken of; nefarious," but apparently fell out of use some time after 1708.”

    The Lede

  • “If they thought George Galloway was "infandous," what would they do with”

    Peace, order and good government, eh?

  • “And I think "infandous" will be the word of the day today.”

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  • “I'm sure we'll be hearing howls of protest from the valiant defenders of free speech that populate the ranks of the Bloggin 'Tories about the Harper government banning British MP George Galloway from entering the country to speak at an anti-war event in Toronto on the grounds that he's "infandous" … Seeing as the usual suspects worked themselves up into a lather of outrage over Britain denying Kurt Wilder entry into that country because of his anti Muslim views, I'm sure they'll be just as upset at this.”

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  • “By the way, "infandous" is a pretty rich accusation coming from an odious prick like Jason Kenney, especially so given that just this week the Harper government reprehensibly flouted our own laws by allowing a suspected war criminal into the country to address a well-heeled audience of conservative supporters in Calgary.”

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  • “Curiously, Kenney's 24-year-old yes-man, Alykhan Velshi, is a self-styled "moderate Muslim" who described Galloway as an "infandous street-corner Cromwell".”

    Galloway and Canada: Who's the popinjay?

  • “Filed under: Politics | Tagged: george galloway, infandous, velshi | 2 Comments »”

    2009 March 20 « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS

  • “Filed under: Politics | Tagged: george galloway, infandous, velshi”

    George Galloway Barred From Entering…Canada! CANADA? « INTERSTELLAR TACTICS

  • “Sue Turton of Channel 4 News called Mr. Velshi to find out more about the thinking behind the ban and what led him to use the long-obsolete word “infandous” — which the Oxford English dictionary defines as a word that once meant “Unspeakable, not to be spoken of; nefarious,” but apparently fell out of use some time after 1708.”

    Canada Bars ‘Infandous’ British Politician, Journalists Reach for Dictionaries - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com

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  • jmjarmstrong JM just can't bring himself to mention anything infandous. Feb 16, 2011

  • scruss Recently used by Canadian government representative Alykhan Velshi of UK MP George Galloway: "We're going to uphold the law, not give special treatment to this infandous street-corner Cromwell who actually brags about giving 'financial support' to Hamas ..."
    (quoted from http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/20/george-galloway-banned-canada) Mar 26, 2009

  • mat8iou According to the news this word describes British MP George Galloway. Mar 20, 2009

  • sonofgroucho That example will stick in my mind, sionnach.

    Thank you SO much! Jan 2, 2008

  • sionnach too odious to be spoken of (e.g. the pudenda of Paris Hilton). Jan 2, 2008

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