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† obtrecˈtation Obs.
Also -tract-.
[ad. L. obtrectātiōn-em, n. of action from obtrectāre: see prec. Cf. F. obtrectation (14th c. in Godef.).]
Detraction, disparagement, slander, calumny.
1563–83Foxe A. & M. 693/1 Charging also the Prelates and Priests for their slandrous obtrectations, and vndeserued contumelies. 1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 418 Priuie slaundering, and obtrectation of them that are absent. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 223 [Lydiate] defended it against the obtractations of Joseph Scaliger. 1700J. A. Astry tr. Saavedra-Faxardo I. 103 Obtrectation is a sign of Liberty in a Commonwealth. |