Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SCAN'DAL-OUS
SCAN'DAL-IZ-INGSCAN'DAL-OUS-LY
SCAN'DAL-OUS, a. [It. scanduloso; Sp. escandaloso; Fr. scandaleux; Sw. skändelig.]
- Giving offense. Nothing scandalous or offensive to any. – Hooker.
- Opprobrious; disgraceful to reputation; that brings shame or infamy; as, a scandalous crime or vice. How perverted must be the mind that considers seduction or dueling less scandalous than larceny!
- Defamatory.
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