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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Opprobrious \Op*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr.
opprobrium. See {Opprobrium}.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful;
scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
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They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less
opprobrious than those by which they are attacked.
--Addison.
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2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious
name.
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This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- {Op*pro"bri*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Op*pro"bri*ous*ness}, n.
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