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objurgatory, a.|əbˈdʒɜːgətərɪ|
[ad. L. objurgātōri-us reproachful, f. objurgātōr-em, agent-n. from objurgāre to objurgate: see -ory. Cf. F. objurgatoire (Cotgr.).]
Having the character of scolding or chiding; conveying or uttering an objurgation or sharp rebuke.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. Epit. B iv b, Dehortatorie, Obiurgatorie, Petitorie. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 116 Touched to the quicke by some objurgatorie reprehension. c1645Howell Lett. (1650) I. 1 Letters..commonly..are either narratory, objurgatory, consolatory, monitory, or congratulatory. 1794Paley Evid. ii. iv. (1800) II. 110 The objurgatory question of the Pharisees. 1859Geo. Eliot A. Bede vi, Remarkable for the facility with which she could relapse from her official objurgatory tone to one of fondness.
Hence obˈjurgatorily adv., in the way of objurgation, chidingly.
1659D. Pell Impr. Sea 490 May I not objurgatorily speak it? 1882W. G. Ward Ess. Philos. Theism (1884) II. 150 We are not wishing to speak objurgatorily but only to express our meaning, when we say [etc.]. |