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blasphemous

Pronunciation:  'blasfumus

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
  2. [adj]  grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on"
 
 Synonyms: blue, dirty, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Blas"phe*mous\, a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. ?.]
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.

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

 
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