I found a new word to add to my collection of awesome words I constantly have to define to the people I speak to. Lol just kidding. I did find a new word though and (Bro. Thiel should be happy to know) I looked it up in the dictionary. So here is the word of the day.
OpprobriumOp*pro"bri*ous\, a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See Opprobrium.]
1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace; reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than those by which they are attacked. --Addison.
2. Infamous; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name.
This dark, opprobrious den of shame. --Milton. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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2 comments:
Okay, very cool. You can color me impressed. I love the dictionary. The dictionary is our friend. The dictionary is not opprobrious.
lol Thx
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