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oblocutor

Syllables: ob·loc·u·torUK/ɒbˈlɒkjətə/US/ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/

oblocutor noun: a gainsayer; a critic.

Noun

oblocutor (plural oblocutors)

  1. (archaic) A gainsayer; a critic.
    • […]the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor[…]1838 [1563], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511
    • In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn’s 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.2017 [2016 July], Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii

Forms of oblocutor

pluraloblocutors

Origin of oblocutor

Learned borrowing from Latin oblocūtor. First attested in 1563.

Questions about oblocutor

What does oblocutor mean?
Oblocutor means a gainsayer; a critic.
What part of speech is oblocutor?
Oblocutor is a noun.
How do you pronounce oblocutor?
Oblocutor is pronounced /ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of oblocutor?
The plural of oblocutor is oblocutors.

Words near oblocutor in the dictionary

  1. obliviously
  2. obliviousness
  3. obliviousnesses
  4. obliviscence
  5. oblivium
  6. oblocutor
  7. oblocutors
  8. obloid
  9. obloids
  10. Oblomovian
  11. Oblomovism

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