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opprobries

opprobries is the plural 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

Questions about opprobries

What is opprobries the plural of?
Opprobries is the plural of opprobry.

Words near opprobries in the dictionary

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

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