Scandal

skan′dal, n. something said which is false and injurious to reputation: disgrace: opprobrious censure.— v.t. to defame, to aspire.— ns. Scan′dal-bear′er , a propagator of malicious go ip; Scandal isā′tion , defamation.— v.t. Scan′dalise , to give scandal or offence to: to shock: to reproach: to disgrace: to libel.— n. Scan′dal-mong′er , one who deals in defamatory reports.— adj. Scan′dalous , giving scandal or offence: calling forth condemnation: openly vile: defamatory.— adv. Scan′dalously .— ns. Scan′dalousne ; Scan′dalum-magnā′tum , speaking slanderously of high personages, abbrev. Scan. Mag. [Fr. scandale —L. scandalum —Gr. skandalon , a stumbling-block.]