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- Late Latin · borrowed fromvīlificāre“vilify”
- English todayvilify
From Late Latin vīlificāre (“vilify”). Equivalent to vile + -ify. Compare vilipend.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
vilify
Today it means: To say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of. Full definition →
Late Latin vīlificāre