a. [ L. calumniosus. ] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports. [ 1913 Webster ]
Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.
. Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive.
-- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]