Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete (Middle English) form of
defame .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Evil name; bad reputation; defamation.
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Examples
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Second: Defame and diffame diffamare are formed from two distinct prefixes, which have been confused in individual cases since ancient times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Second: Defame and diffame diffamare are formed from two distinct prefixes, which have been confused in individual cases since ancient times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Second: Defame and diffame diffamare are formed from two distinct prefixes, which have been confused in individual cases since ancient times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Second: Defame and diffame diffamare are formed from two distinct prefixes, which have been confused in individual cases since ancient times.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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[Sidenote: The Italian diffameth them selfe, to shame the Englishe man.] a good Scholehouse of wholesome doctrine, and worthy Masters of commendable Scholers, where the Master had rather diffame hym selfe for hys teachyng, than not shame his Scholer for his learnyng.
The Palace of Pleasure, Volume 1 William Painter
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Not long after, manie of the court that hitherunto had born a kind of fayned friendship towards him, began now greatly to envie at his progresse and rising in goodness, using manie crooked, backbiting meanes to diffame his vertues with the black markes of hypocrisie.
The Lady of the Lake 1810
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Not long after, manie of the court that hitherunto had born a kind of fayned friendship towards him, began now greatly to envie at his progresse and rising in goodness, using manie crooked, backbiting meanes to diffame his vertues with the black markes of hypocrisie.
The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801
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Prouerbe, which riseth, of that learnyng, and those maners, which you gather in Italie: a good Scholehouse of wholesome doctrine: and worthy Masters of commendable Scholers, where the Master had rather diffame hym selfe for hys teachyng, than not shame his Scholer for his learning.
The Scholemaster 1570
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