CALUMNIATORY
Ca*lum"ni*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu.
CALUMNIOUS
Ca*lum"ni*ous, a. Etym: [L. calumniosus.]
Defn: Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.
Syn: Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.
Syn: — Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv.
— Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n.
CALUMNY Cal"um*ny, n.; pl. Calumnies. Etym: [L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. Challenge, n.]
Defn: False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley. Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.
CALVARIA
Cal*va"ri*a, n. Etym: [L. See Calvary.] (Anat.)
Defn: The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.