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Webster 1913 Edition
Scandalous
Scan′dal-ous
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
scandaleux
.] 1.
Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
Nothing
scandalous
or offensive unto any. Hooker.
2.
Disgraceful to reputation; bringing shame or infamy; opprobrious;
as, a
. scandalous
crime or vice3.
Defamatory; libelous;
as, a
. scandalous
storyWebster 1828 Edition
Scandalous
SCAN'DALOUS
,Adj.
1.
Giving offense.Nothing scandalous or offensive to any.
2.
Opprobrious; disgraceful to reputation; that brings shame or infamy; as a scandalous crime or vice. How perverted must be the mind that considers seduction or dueling less scandalous than larceny!3.
Defamatory.