Where does “vilify” come from?
Vilify comes from Late Latin vilificare, from Latin vilifico, from Latin vilis meaning cheap or worthless, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wes-li-s.
vilify (English): To say defamatory things about someone or...
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- To say defamatory things about someone or...
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