Pronounced: vuh-RIH-duh-tee, noun
Notes: This word had a surprise definition for me
Yesterday’s word
The word opprobrium means
- strong criticism
- public disgrace
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1600s
Background / Comments
I have run across this word somewhere (probably in reading) and had the impression of the first definition. But it is a word that I don’t see very much, so I used it. Our word came from the Latin word opprobrium (reproach), which is composed of ob- (against) and probrum (infamy; reproach).
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