单词 | objurgative |
释义 | objurgativeadj. Now rare. = objurgatory adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > of nature of or rebuking severely objurgatory1576 castigatory1625 castigative1641 objurgative1854 objurgating1858 1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xvii The driver's objurgative eloquence. 1866 H. Kingsley Leighton Court 156 She only said, in a low, indignant, almost objurgative tone, ‘I have forgotten my music, now I wanted to play for them in church.’ 1905 Academy 28 Oct. 1116/1 Sir Thomas Browne..made no objurgative provision against the disturbance of his bones. 2000 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 14 Mar. a11 Whatever objections one might have to the objurgative mode, it does in fact say something. Derivatives obˈjurgatively adv. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb] snobberlya1300 reprovinglya1382 rebukingly1442 increpatively1483 rebukefully1531 scoldingly1548 chidingly1552 checkinglya1627 reprehensively1631 objurgatorily1659 remonstratingly1829 admonitorily1845 remonstrantly1872 objurgatively1897 chasteningly1901 1897 S. Baring-Gould Bladys xxii. 260 They expressed their disapproval..loudly and objurgatively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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