blasphemer

Variant of blaspheme

transitive verb blasphemed, blaspheming

  1. to speak irreverently or profanely of or to (God or sacred things)
  2. to curse or revile

Origin: ME blasfemen < OFr blasfemer < LL(Ec) blasphemare < Gr blasphēmein, to speak evil of, in LGr(Ec), blaspheme < blas- (< ?) + phēmē, utterance: see fame

intransitive verb

to utter blasphemy

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