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opprobrie

opprobrie is the obsolete spelling of opprobry.

Meaning of opprobry

Noun

opprobry (countable and uncountable, plural opprobries)

  1. (obsolete) Opprobrium.
    • So the Lord may justly object to many of us that we build our owne houses, but suffer the house of the Lord to lye waste, it was an opprobry in Israel, when a man or woman wanted children, [...] and therefore they said when they had children, deus abstulit opprobrium meum. Luc. I. 25. The Lord hath...1632, An Exposition of the Lawes of Moses, page 201

Forms of opprobrie

pluralopprobries

Questions about opprobrie

What is opprobrie the obsolete spelling of?
Opprobrie is the obsolete spelling of opprobry.

Words near opprobrie in the dictionary

  1. opprobriate
  2. opprobriated
  3. opprobriates
  4. opprobriating
  5. opprobriation
  6. opprobrie
  7. opprobries
  8. opprobrious
  9. opprobriously
  10. opprobriousness
  11. opprobrium

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