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English
Etymology
From Old French oprobrieus, from Late Latin opprobriōsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/
- Hyphenation: op‧pro‧bri‧ous
Adjective
opprobrious (comparative more opprobrious, superlative most opprobrious)
- Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful.
1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXII, in Middlemarch , volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):"Don’t speak of my painting before Naumann," said Will. "He will tell you, it is all pfuscherei, which is his most opprobrious word!"
2022, “Marigold”, in The Umbrella Academy, season 3, episode 6:KLAUS: You're so much nicer than the other one. He was a complete asshole!
REGINALD: Such opprobrious language for your father!
KLAUS: Yeah, I… I don't know what that means.
References
- “opprobrious”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “opprobrious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.