Dictionary entry

Blasphemous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example.