Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

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Blasphemous (Page: 153)

Blas"phe*mous (?), a. [L. blasphemus, Gr. .] Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. Blasphemous publications." Porteus.

Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton.

&hand; Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example.