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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Vituperation \Vi*tu`per*a"tion\, n. [L. vituperatio: cf OF
vituperation. See {Vituperate}.]
The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.
When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by
fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him
--Donne.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vituperation
n : the expression of bitter deep-seated ill will rancor [syn:
{invective}, {vitriol}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
VITUPERATION, n. Saite, as understood by dunces and all such as
suffer from an impediment in their wit.
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