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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: deffamer, from Latin fama; FAME

defame

 verb
     
de‧fame [transitive]
SCC to write or say bad or untrue things about someone or something, so that people will have a bad opinion of them
—defamatory adjective
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