traduce
/tɹəˈdus/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To malign a person or entity by making malicious and false or defamatory statements.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "This heauy headed reueale eaſt and weſt / Makes vs traduſt, and taxed of other nations, / They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition […]"
- "Well I'll not debate how far Scandal may be allowable—but in a man I am sure it is always contemtable.—We have Pride, envy, Rivalship, and a Thousand motives to depreciate each other—but the male-slanderer must have the cowardice of a woman before He can traduce one."
- "I am earnestly desirous then, my dear Sir, that you should let the world into the traits of your genuine character, as civil broils may otherwise tend to disguise or traduce it."
- "“The chief men of the Jews became his enemies and traduced him to the principal persons in the town, hoping to make him ashamed or afraid.”"
- "Clayton interrupted him. “Stop!” he cried. “Stop! What manner of cur are you that you traduce the character of a good woman whom we believe dead! God! I was a fool ever to let you live—you are not fit to live even in this vile land.”"
- "Someone must have traduced Joseph K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *dewk-, trādūcō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɹəˈdus/
- British English: /tɹəˈdjuːs/