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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

blasphemus

, Gr.

[GREEK]

Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane;

as, a

blasphemous

person

; containing blasphemy;

as, a

blasphemous

book; a

blasphemous

caricature

“Blasphemous publications.”

Porteus.

Nor from the Holy One of Heaven
Refrained his tongue

blasphemous

Milton.

☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example.

Adj.

Containing blasphemy; calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful towards God.