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| + | <small>Illustration: a close-up of a [[mouth]] in the film ''[[The Big Swallow]]'' (1901)</small>]] | ||
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| + | '''Slender''' is a [[false]], [[malicious]] [[statement]] (spoken or published), especially one which is [[injurious]] to a person's [[reputation]]; the making of such a statement, see [[defamation]]. | ||
| + | ==Etymology== | ||
| + | 13th century. From Old French ''esclandre'', from Ecclesiastical Latin ''scandalum'' (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek ''σκάνδαλον'' (skándalon, “scandal”). | ||
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Illustration: a close-up of a mouth in the film The Big Swallow (1901)
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Slender is a false, malicious statement (spoken or published), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement, see defamation.
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Etymology
13th century. From Old French esclandre, from Ecclesiastical Latin scandalum (“stumbling block, temptation”), from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “scandal”).
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