obloquy

Definitions


[ˈɒbləkwi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- strong public condemnation
(e.g: he endured years of contempt and obloquy)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium ‘contradiction’, from Latin obloqui, from ob- ‘against’ + loqui ‘speak’




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