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viˈtuperous, a.
[ad. obs. or arch. F. vitupéreux (= Pr. vituperos), or Sp. (also It. and Pg.) vituperoso, ad. late or med.L. vituperōsus, f. vituperium vitupery: see -ous.]
1. = vituperious a. 1.
1588Parke tr. Mendoza's Hist. China 33 Then they returne againe with vituperous and vile words. 1914R. M. Jones Spiritual Reformers 16th & 17th Cent. v. 69 Schwenckfeld was denounced in the most vituperous language of the period.
2. = vituperious a. 2.
1610Chester's Tri. To Rdr. A 2 b, Let him be prest without pity.., and like a vituperous offender, be stamped and stared at. 1651Culpepper Astrol. Judgem. Dis. (1658) 173 White clouds in the Urine, and neer the bottome, are commendable; black clouds, and neer the top, are bad and vituperous. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 10 July 409/3 Venetia..watches with relief Karlo's vituperous and vulgar exit.
Hence viˈtuperously adv., vituperatively.
1892E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 18 Aug., Authorities differ not only widely but vituperously as to the origin of practical effort for their betterment. |