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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἈβυδοκόμης
- English todayabydocomist
From Ancient Greek Ἀβυδοκόμης (Abudokómēs), after the town Ἄβυδος (Ábudos, “Abydos”), the inhabitants of which were known for inventing slanders and boasting of them.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.