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vituperation|vaɪˌtjuːpəˈreɪʃən, vɪ-|
Also 5 -acyon.
[a. OF. vituperaciun, -acion, -ation (obs. F. vituperation, = Sp. vituperacion, Pg. vituperação, It. vituperazione), or ad. L. vituperātiōn-, vituperātio blaming, censuring, etc., noun of action f. vituperāre: see prec. and -ation.]
1. The action, fact, or process of vituperating; blame, censure, reproof, or (esp. in later use) the expression of this, in abusive or violent language; abuse, railing, rating. Also, vituperative or abusive language.
There are few instances of the use of the word before the beginning of the 19th c.: cf. vituperate v.
1481Botoner Tulle on Old Age (Caxton) C viij, The third part..which Caton answerith,..repreuith them of the seconde defaulte of uituperacyon opposed ayenst olde age. 1602(title), Ane Satyre of the thrie Estaits, in commendation of Vertew and Vituperation of Vyce; maid be Sir Dauid Lindesay. 1633J. Done Hist. Septuagint 155 When a man becomes vntractable, and inaccessible, by fiercenesse and pride:..then vituperation comes vpon him, and priuation of honour followes him. 1656Stanley Hist. Philos. v. (1687) 165 Of Rhetoric are six kinds..[6] Vituperation, when we declare a Man to be wicked.
1821Scott Kenilw. xx, It was one of these old women who..answered his petition..with a volley of vituperation. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 35 Few nations can surpass the Spaniards in the language of vituperation. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 193 A rhyme written..in vituperation of the idle people at Conflans.
†2. A cause of blame or censure. Obs.—1
1726Ayliffe Parergon 305 (bis) Such a Writing ought to be clean and free from any Cavil or Vituperation of Rasure. |