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Scandal
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SCAN'DAL, n. L. scandalum Gr. In Greek, this word signifies a stumbling block, something against which a person impinges, or which causes him to fall.
1. Offense given by the faults of another.
His lustful orgies he enlarg'd even to the hill of scandal.
In this sense, we now generally use offense.
2. Reproachful aspersion opprobrious censure defamatory speech or report something uttered which is false and injurious to reputation.
My known virtue is from scandal free.
3. Shame reproach disgrace. Such is the perverted state of the human mind that some of the most heinous crimes bring little scandal upon the offender.
SCAN'DAL,
1. To treat opprobriously to defame to asperse to traduce to blacken character.
I do fawn on men, and hug them hard, and after scandal them. Little used.
2. To scandalize to offend. Not used.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Scandal'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/scandal.html.
Entry for 'Scandal'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/scandal.html.
