blasfemye

Middle English

Alternative forms

blasfemie, blasphemie, blasphemye, blasphemy, blasfamye, blasfeme, blaspheme, blasphem, blasefleme

Etymology

From Old French blasfemie, blasfeme, from Ecclesiastical Latin blasphēmia, from Ancient Greek βλασφημία (blasphēmía); equivalent to blasfemen +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌblasfɛˈmiː(ə)/, /ˈblasfɛmiː(ə)/, /ˈblasfɛm(ə)/

Noun

blasfemye (plural blasfemyes)

blasphemy; speech against a deity
insulting acts towards a deity
defamatory speech

Descendants

English: blasphemy

References

“blasfemīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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