单词 | objurgation |
释义 | objurgationn. The action or an act of objurgating; a sharp or severe rebuke; chiding, scolding; imprecation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] > severe objurgationa1500 castigation1640 nointing1794 objurgating1858 a1500 in R. L. Greene Early Eng. Carols (1935) 272 (MED) Yt is sene dayly both in borows and townys, Wheras the copuls han mad objurgacyon. 1550 J. Hooper Ouersight Jonas i, in Early Writings (1843) 445 The fourth part [of the book of Jonah] containeth an objurgation and rebuke of God. 1577 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Pract. Preaching i. xiv. f. 35v Somtyme to Sermons..are annexed..obiurgations vtterly deuided from those places that are before expounded. a1652 A. Wilson Hist. Great Brit. (1653) 108 He handled him roughly, with objurgations. 1683 R. Dixon Canidia App. i. 170 They that deserve an Objurgation, Sue Plaintiff in Action of Defamation, This Liberty undoes a Nation. 1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 80 A few well-season'd accusations, With fits, tears, swoonings, objurgations, Will stagger Goodman's cheated sense. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe I. xiv. 283 Nevertheless, spite of this imperial objurgation, the short cloaks continued in fashion down to the time of which we treat, and particularly among the princes of the house of Anjou. 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village III. 215 A smart young sailor..by no means insensible to female objurgation or indifferent to female charms. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea IV. 396 The angry objurgations of the officers. 1906 J. London White Fang i. ii. 17 Henry..looked to see his comrade standing among the dogs beside the replenished fire, his arms raised in objurgation, his face distorted with passion. 1935 H. Edib Clown & his Daughter xxxvi. 199 The swearing was infinitely comprehensive... His objurgations included the ancestor of every tyrant. 1985 R. Davies What's bred in Bone 90 He learned rich blasphemy and objurgation from Vincent Donoghue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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