?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 469 (MED) The kynge rehersede mony wordes of obprobry to the archebischop.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. (1495) v. xiv. f. cccxliiii/1 He..concluded in hym selfe..to endure pacyently all Iniuryes and obprobryes that he wolde saye to hym.
1535 sig. O.ijv They caste in to my tethe this greuouse opprobrye.
1574 J. Whitgift sig. Aviii If a man in some congregation commend the magistrates..he shall scarcely be heard with pacience: nay, he shall be sente away with all kind of opprobries and reproches.
1587 in J. Maidment (1845) II. 260 She..injured and defamed..Mr George Ruthven, with many and divers opprobries and slanders.
1627 in (1880) 4 228 Peter Richardson hath paid to the Wardens 3s/4d for words of Aproberie gyven at a Somons..before the whole Company against John Hussey.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais xl. 179 The frock and cowle draw unto it self the opprobries, injuries and maledictions of the world.
1667 (1761) 201 The curate had calumniated him by such vile opprobies.
1702 C. Mather vi. vi. 55/2 Some..have not scrupl'd to Stigmatize the Indians with greatest Opprobry.
1765 S. Johnson I. Midsummer Night's Dream. 133 Patch was in old language used as a term of opprobry.
1899 J. B. Montgomerie-Fleming 107 Opprobrie..should be given as more frequently spelt ‘opprobrij’ and ‘opprobrii’.
1947 F. H. Herrick tr. F. Rabelais in A. Sorel vi. 23 The same opprobry, scandal and imputation will be charged upon the defunct.
1990 U. C. Knoepflmacher in L. Claridge & E. Langland 151 He could be the manly Count Gismond, a St. George figure, who rescues from opprobry and defamation the damsel he will marry.