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单词 objurgative
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objurgativeadj.

Brit. /əbˈdʒəːɡətɪv/, U.S. /ɑbˈdʒərɡədɪv/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obiurgāt- , obiurgāre , -ive suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin obiurgāt-, past participial stem of obiurgāre objurgate v. + -ive suffix. Compare French objurgatif (1843). Compare earlier objurgatory adj.
Now rare.
= objurgatory adj.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adjective] > of nature of or rebuking severely
objurgatory1576
castigatory1625
castigative1641
objurgative1854
objurgating1858
1854 ‘M. Harland’ Alone xvii The driver's objurgative eloquence.
1866 H. Kingsley Leighton Court 156 She only said, in a low, indignant, almost objurgative tone, ‘I have forgotten my music, now I wanted to play for them in church.’
1905 Academy 28 Oct. 1116/1 Sir Thomas Browne..made no objurgative provision against the disturbance of his bones.
2000 Post & Courier (Charleston, S. Carolina) (Nexis) 14 Mar. a11 Whatever objections one might have to the objurgative mode, it does in fact say something.

Derivatives

obˈjurgatively adv. rare
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb]
snobberlya1300
reprovinglya1382
rebukingly1442
increpatively1483
rebukefully1531
scoldingly1548
chidingly1552
checkinglya1627
reprehensively1631
objurgatorily1659
remonstratingly1829
admonitorily1845
remonstrantly1872
objurgatively1897
chasteningly1901
1897 S. Baring-Gould Bladys xxii. 260 They expressed their disapproval..loudly and objurgatively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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