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Grammar : Noun
Spell : blas-fuh-mee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblæs fə mi

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Définition of blasphemy

Origin :
  • early 13c., from Old French blasfemie "blasphemy," from Late Latin blasphemia, from Greek blasphemia "a speaking ill, impious speech, slander," from blasphemein "to speak evil of." Second element is pheme "utterance" (see fame); first element uncertain, perhaps related to blaptikos "hurtful," though blax "slack (in body and mind), stupid" also has been suggested.
  • noun irreverence
Example sentences :
  • Yet it were blasphemy to say that true love is other than immortal.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • It was blasphemy to think of her in such case, subjected to the degradation of these processes.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Comrade Ossipon met the shock of this blasphemy by an awful, vacant stare.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • It is not only nonsense, but blasphemy, to say that man has spoilt the country.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • It were blasphemy to call this riot the desire for progress for the masses.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • Naka seemed on the point of hitting Jeter for the blasphemy.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • The sacrilege, the blasphemy of it all seemed horrible beyond belief.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • The mention of love on lips that kissed as his had done was blasphemy.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • But a Chacham (Rabbi), unappeased, raised a loud plaint of blasphemy.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • "Nay, the blasphemy is thine," replied the Bridegroom of the law quietly.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill

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