Thersiticaladj.
/θəːˈsɪtɪkəl/ rare.
Like Thersites in language or address; abusive, reviling, scurrilous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive
chidingc1175
invective1430
villainous1470
reproachful1531
reviling1534
oblatranta1538
vituperatory1586
vituperous1588
maledicent1599
vituperious1604
abuseful1612
virulent1631
camping1642
Thersitical1650
wording1682
vituperative1727
vituperatious1797
slangwhanging1809
sharp-tongued1837
vituperant1864
campling1881
Thersitean1908
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 4 With a Thersitical head and heart.
1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xiv. 59 There is a pelting kind of thersitical satire, as black as the very ink 'tis wrote with.
Derivatives
Thersitean adj. /θɜːsɪˈtiːən/ rare
/θɜːsɪˈtiːən/ rareΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > abusive
chidingc1175
invective1430
villainous1470
reproachful1531
reviling1534
oblatranta1538
vituperatory1586
vituperous1588
maledicent1599
vituperious1604
abuseful1612
virulent1631
camping1642
Thersitical1650
wording1682
vituperative1727
vituperatious1797
slangwhanging1809
sharp-tongued1837
vituperant1864
campling1881
Thersitean1908
1908 Daily Chron. 28 July 4/4 Adding a string of Thersitean scurrilities unfit for publication.
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adj.1650