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单词 opprobrious
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opprobriousadj.adv.

Brit. /əˈprəʊbrɪəs/, U.S. /əˈproʊbriəs/
Forms:

α. late Middle English obprobryes, late Middle English opprobiouse (transmission error), late Middle English–1500s obprobriouse, late Middle English– opprobrious, 1500s obbrobyus, 1500s obprobrious, 1500s obprobryous, 1500s obprobryouse, 1500s obprobryus, 1500s opprobbryus, 1500s opprobriouse, 1500s opprobrius, 1500s–1600s oprobrious, 1500s–1600s opproprious; Scottish pre-1700 opprobrius, pre-1700 oprobrius, pre-1700 1700s– opprobrious.

β. 1500s approbious, 1500s approbryous, 1500s–1800s approbrious.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French obprobrieux; Latin opprobriosus.
Etymology: < Middle French obprobrieux (1422), opprobrieux disgraceful, dishonourable (c1440–75), full of reproach (1530), odious, hateful (1537; French opprobrieux ), and its etymon post-classical Latin opprobriosus disgraceful, shameful, abusive (4th cent.) < classical Latin opprobrium opprobrium n. + -ōsus -ous suffix.
A. adj.
1.
a. Of words, language, etc.: conveying opprobrium; expressing scorn; vituperative; reproachful; shameful. Occasionally of a person: using such language.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adjective]
opprobriousc1410
invective1430
railinga1470
shameful?a1513
convicious1530
reviling1534
inveighing1568
abusing1586
vituperatory1586
vituperous1588
vituperious1604
abusive1608
invectory1608
conviciatory1611
abuseful1612
conviciating1628
vituperative1727
vituperatious1797
slangwhanging1809
opprobratory1833
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 167 Prayeng a opprobrious [L. probrosum], a reprevynge, name unto þaym but if they drank.
c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 177 God knoweth the brute, the rumore and slaunder opprobiouse [a1500 Rawl. shamefull sclaundirs] whiche..thou gaf to theim that reuled and gouerned the.
1483 W. Caxton in tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 377v/1 After many obprobryes wordes..they ladde hym forthe vnto a tree.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcviijv A man contumelious, opprobrious, & an iniurious person.
1584 in D. H. Fleming Reg. Christian Congregation St. Andrews (1890) II. 547 Jhone Cambell spak dispytful and opprobrius wordis.
1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 3 The name of Conicatchers is..vsed for an opprobrious name for euerie one that sheweth the least occasion of deceit.
1643 Sir T. Browne Relig. Medici (1656) ii. §4 By opprobrious Epithets we miscall each other.
1691 in Sc. Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 12 90 And spok wery many oprobrius words off them.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. iii. 145 One of the Horsemen had no sooner mentioned the Owner's Name, than the other began to revile him in the most opprobrious Terms. View more context for this quotation
1831 T. B. Macaulay Hampden in Ess. (1887) 228 The multitude pressed round the King's coach, and insulted him with opprobrious cries.
1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. IV. 200 The surrounding multitude..pelted the Prelates with opprobrious epithets.
1910 A. Bierce Coll. Wks. III. 166 They..fought like animals, cursed, shouted, called one another opprobrious and obscene names.
1918 A. G. Gardiner Leaves in Wind 144 A couple of students..shouted opprobrious epithets at the ‘Englander’ and his preposterous vehicle.
1989 Times 7 Nov. 20/4 Opprobrious new terms have entered the theatrical vocabulary.
b. Of an action, feeling, etc.: insulting, insolent; injurious. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [adjective]
despitousa1340
despiteous14..
despitefula1450
contumelious1483
affrontous1598
opprobrious1599
disgraceful1605
abusive1608
reproofful1609
affrontive1659
affronting1725
affrontful?1740
insulting1855
insultant1866
1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. Fv A iealious slandering spitefull queane..that would blur my reputation, With her approbrious mallice if she could.
1625 F. Quarles Sions Sonets sig. C4 The bridall bed, which Time, or Age Durst neuer warrant from th' opprobrious rage Of enuious fate.
1701 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iv. iii Whom that fell Dog..With most opprobrious Injuries has loaded.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism ii. 28 The word [sc. fanaticism] is the favourite missile of that opprobrious contempt [etc.].
1894 P. Pinkerton Adriatica 6 Jealousy's virulent darts, Fortune's opprobrious thrusts.
2.
a. Attended by, involving, or held in shame, disgrace, or dishonour; infamous. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective]
shondly888
frakeda900
shondfula900
foulOE
shendful?c1225
shamelyc1275
shendlyc1275
shamefulc1330
villain1338
inhonest1340
shameworthy1382
shendshipful1382
dishonestc1386
slanderous1402
defamable?a1439
defamousc1450
misshamefulc1450
vituperablec1450
ignominious?a1475
shamevousc1475
inhominious1490
opprobrious?1510
opprobrousc1530
rebukeful1530
dishonourable1533
reproachful1534
disworshipful1539
dedecoratec1540
contumelious1546
spiteful1550
ignomious1571
inglorious1573
disgraceful1595
disgracive1602
vituperous1610
vituperious1612
disgracious1615
disparageable1617
propudious1629
deflowering1642
scandalized1664
dedecorous1755
disgracing1807
vituperate1832
vituperated1842
mighty1889
soddish1922
?1510 T. More tr. G. Pico della Mirandola in tr. G. F. Pico della Mirandola Lyfe I. Picus sig. d.v Ye opprobriouse deth of the crosse.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxxi. 268 Neither did any thing seeme opprobrious out of which there might rise commoditie and profite.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 403 The wisest heart Of Solomon he led..to build His Temple right against the Temple of God On that opprobrious Hill. View more context for this quotation
1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. iii. 209 Many of those whimsies and prejudices..are rejected under the opprobrious character of being the offspring of the imagination.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 379 Opprobrious more To France than all her losses and defeats,..Her house of bondage,..the Bastille.
1802 Americana iii Your hated, your approbrious names.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 81 The reproachful words of the enemies of God are but the echo of the opprobrious deeds of His unfaithful servants.
b. Repugnant or hateful to. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] > disgraced or dishonoured
shentc1440
hontous?1473
defamed1474
shamed1508
renownless1552
opprobrious1569
distained1590
ruined1596
dishonorate1601
dishonoured1608
disgraceda1616
scandalleda1616
baffled1671
1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 99v Monsters..ordinarily lyue not long, for the abundance of melancolike humor, which abundeth in them, to see them selues so opprobrious to the worlde.
1718 M. Prior Solomon ii, in Poems Several Occasions (1905) 311 Now I..with the looser Syrian dance, and sing, In Robes tuck'd up, opprobrious to the King.
1727 W. Pattison Poet. Wks. I. 6 My Brother next opprobrious to our Race, His Fame polluted by a lewd Embrace.
1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title II. 133 To see their emoluments arise from some other source than tithes, the collection of which frequently renders them very opprobrious to their parishioners.
B. adv.
= opprobriously adv. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adverb]
foullyc1400
opprobriouslya1513
revilingly1548
invectivelyc1550
railingly1552
abusively?1593
vituperiously1632
opprobrious1716
vituperatively1831
abusefully1914
1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. vii. 108 Stern Menelaus first the Silence broke, And inly groaning, thus opprobrious spoke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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