Opprobriate
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To express opprobrium for or to view with opprobrium; to scorn.
"It is admitted by all men endowed with that nervous susceptibility of body and soul which the ill-natured opprobriate by the name of jealousy, that nothing can be more trying to a husband afflicted with this distemperature, than to see the idol of his bosom dance, for the first time after her marriage, with another man."
- 1 Expressing opprobrium; disparaging.
"There are, no doubt, other bee-keeping nightmares of this ilk, but his term of opprobrium for honey-dew is very opprobriate."
Example
More examples"It is admitted by all men endowed with that nervous susceptibility of body and soul which the ill-natured opprobriate by the name of jealousy, that nothing can be more trying to a husband afflicted with this distemperature, than to see the idol of his bosom dance, for the first time after her marriage, with another man."
Etymology
From opprobrium + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
From opprobrium + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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