Blās'phe-mous, a.

a. [Gr. βλάσφημος, Lat. blasphemus.] Containing blasphemy; wickedly calumnious; impiously irreverent or reproachful toward God. “Blasphemous publications.” Porteus.

Nor from the holy one of heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton.

☞ Formerly this word was accented on the second syllable, as in the above example.