Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blaspheme
plural blasphemings
- An act of blasphemy.
Every character, from the boisterous blasphemings of Bajazet to the shrinking timidity of womanhood, must play the orator.
1823, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], Elia. Essays which have Appeared under that Signature in The London Magazine, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC
comparative more blaspheming · superlative most blaspheming
Origin
- Middle Englishblasfemyng
- Englishblaspheming
From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing.
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