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blaspheme¹

  • /ˌblæsˈfiːm/ UK
  • /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/ UK
  • /ˈblæs.fim/ US

Rhymes with (UK) -iːm

Where it comes from

From Middle English blasfemen, blasphemen, from Old French blasfemer, from Late Latin blasphēmāre, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō). Doublet of blame.

verb blasphemes · blaspheming · blasphemed

  1. intransitive To commit blasphemy; to speak against God or religious doctrine. But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.
  2. transitive To speak of, or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred). So Dagon ſhall be magnifi'd, and God, / Beſides whom is no God, compar'd with Idols, / Diſglorifi'd, blaſphem'd, and had in ſcorn […]
  3. transitive To calumniate; to revile; to abuse. You do blaspheme the good in mocking me.

blaspheme²

  • /ˌblæsˈfiːm/ UK
  • /ˌblɑːsˈfiːm/ UK
  • /ˈblæs.fim/ US

Rhymes with (UK) -iːm

Where it comes from

From Middle English blasfeme, blasphem, blaspheme, from Middle French blaspheme, from Old French blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía).

noun blasphemes

  1. obsolete Obsolete spelling of blasphemy.blasphemy

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