n. [ F. scandale, fr. L. scandalum, Gr. &unr_;, a snare laid for an enemy, a stumbling block, offense, scandal: cf. OE. scandle, OF. escandle. See Slander. ]
O, what a scandal is it to our crown,
That two such noble peers as ye should jar! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ I ] have brought scandal
To Israel, diffidence of God, and doubt
In feeble hearts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
You must not put another scandal on him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
My known virtue is from scandal free. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I do fawn on men and hug them hard
And after scandal them. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
I demand who they are whom we scandalize by using harmless things. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
The congregation looked on in silence, the better class scandalized, and the lower orders, some laughing, others backing the soldier or the minister, as their fancy dictated. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
To tell his tale might be interpreted into scandalizing the order. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. scandaleux. ]
Nothing scandalous or offensive unto any. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
His discourse at table was scandalously unbecoming the dignity of his station. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shun their fault, who, scandalously nice,
Will needs mistake an author into vice. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being scandalous. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ L., scandal of magnates. ] (Law) A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag. [ 1913 Webster ]