Etymology

nefandous

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Today it means: Unspeakable, appalling. Full definition →

Latin nefandus
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  1. Latin · derived fromnefandus
  2. English todaynefandous

From Latin nefandus, from ne- (“not”) + fandus, gerundive of fārī (“to speak”).

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