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obtrectation

obtrectation noun: disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.

Noun

obtrectation (countable and uncountable, plural obtrectations)

  1. (obsolete) Disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.
    • For as anger, fear, sorrow, obtrectation, emulation, etc. […] cause grievous diseases in the body, so bodily diseases affect the soul by consent., I.2.5.i

Forms of obtrectation

pluralobtrectations

Origin of obtrectation

From Middle French obtrectacion and its source, Latin obtrectātiō (“disparagement”), from the participle stem of obtrectāre.

Questions about obtrectation

What does obtrectation mean?
Obtrectation means disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.
What part of speech is obtrectation?
Obtrectation is a noun.
What is the plural of obtrectation?
The plural of obtrectation is obtrectations.

Words near obtrectation in the dictionary

  1. obtested
  2. obtesting
  3. obtests
  4. obteyn
  5. obtrapeziform
  6. obtrectation
  7. obtrectations
  8. obtriangular
  9. obtrude
  10. obtruded
  11. obtruder

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