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opprobry

opprobry noun: opprobrium.

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 opprobry

pluralopprobries

Origin of opprobry

From Middle English opprobry, from Latin opprobrium.

Questions about opprobry

What does opprobry mean?
Opprobry means opprobrium.
What part of speech is opprobry?
Opprobry is a noun.
What is the plural of opprobry?
The plural of opprobry is opprobries.

Words near opprobry in the dictionary

  1. opprobrious
  2. opprobriously
  3. opprobriousness
  4. opprobrium
  5. opprobriums
  6. opprobry
  7. opps
  8. oppugn
  9. oppugnable
  10. oppugnacy
  11. oppugnance

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