Both Uses of
calumny
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- The chariest maid is prodigal enough If she unmask her beauty to the moon: Virtue itself scopes not calumnious strokes: The canker galls the infants of the spring Too oft before their buttons be disclos'd: And in the morn and liquid dew of youth Contagious blastments are most imminent.†
Scene 1.3
- be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Scene 3.1 *calumny = false accusation
Definition:
false accusation against a person