Definition of Opprabrious
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- of or related to opprobrium
- tending to cause opprobrium
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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