单词 | opprobriousness |
释义 | opprobriousnessn. The quality or fact of being opprobrious; = opprobrium n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun] > abusive quality opprobriousnessa1540 abusiveness1633 invectivenessa1661 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] > quality of being disgraceful inhonesty1481 opprobriousnessa1540 shamefulness1564 disgracefulnessa1586 dishonourableness1727 opprobrity1751 a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 344/1 A righteous man is better that hath none Images, for he shall be free from obprobriousnes. c1540 Pilgrim's Tale 368 in F. Thynne Animaduersions (1875) App. i. 87 Oure closters ner farmeris,..Wher we were wont to work the workes of falsnes, Is now obiect to oure opprobbryusnes. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 306 The Opprobriousness and Abuse of those naturally honest Appellations of Free-Livers, Free-Thinkers, Latitudinarians. 1854 J. A. Collier Right Way 101 What bitterness of feeling, what opprobriousness of epiphet..have characterized much of the religious discussion of the church! 1873 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 203 In applying these terms to Dr. Büchner, they become divested of their old opprobriousness. a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxviii. 202 Will you not modulate, merely for change sake? find some new word of opprobriousness for (shall I say?) your stepson? 2000 New Jersey Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 May This crime does not weigh in at the high end of the scale of opprobriousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1540 |
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