scandalous

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English

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Etymology

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From Medieval Latin scandalosus, via French scandaleuse; as if scandal + -ous.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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scandalous (comparative more scandalous, superlative most scandalous)

  1. Wrong, immoral, causing a scandal.
  2. Malicious, defamatory.
    • c. 1587 (date written), [Thomas Kyd], The Spanish Tragedie: [] (Fourth Quarto), London: [] W[illiam] W[hite] for T[homas] Pauier, [], published 1602, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      These be the scandalous reports of such / As loves not me, and hate my lord too much.
    • 1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
      I always disregard gossip--it is generally scandalous, and seldom true.
    • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club[1], archived from the original on 6 August 2020:
      The closest Believe gets to scandalous is on the deluxe-edition bonus track “Maria,” a response song to the woman who accused Bieber of fathering her child in 2011.
  3. Outrageous; exceeding reasonable limits.
    • 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 8, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 131:
      'Made one quite thankful to get back to the fug, though as a rule I think the way these trains are overheated is something scandalous.'

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