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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Blasphemous \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. Note: Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: blasphemous adj 1: grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred; "blasphemous rites of a witches' Sabbath"; "profane utterances against the Church"; "it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on" [syn: {profane}, {sacrilegious}] 2: characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words" [syn: {blue}, {profane}]
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