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opprobriously |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.] 1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as opprobrious language. They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. --Addison. 2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as an opprobrious name This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton. -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ly}, adv -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ness}, n.
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