chalenge
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French chalenge, chalange, chalonge, from Latin calumnia, from Proto-Italic *kalwomniā.
Pronunciation
Noun
chalenge (plural chalenges)
- A fraudulent legal claim, allegation or condemnation.
- A flaw or misdeed; something that one can be attacked for.
- A claiming; the making of a claim, especially contesting another's claim.
- (rare) A summons to fight a duel; a call to arms.
- (rare) An instance of trial by combat as a legal device.
- (rare) The act of objecting towards or countering something
- (rare) A summoning or invitation to court.
Related terms
References
- “chalenǧe (n.))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-28.
Etymology 2
From Old French chalengier, chalongier, from Latin calumnior.
Old French
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