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Blasphemy

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Defined by Ruskin as the opposite of euphemy, and as wishing ill to anything, culminating in wishing ill to God, as the height of "ill-manners."

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Blasphemy'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/blasphemy.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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