opprobrious (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/opprobrious)
Etymology
From Old French oprobrieus, from Late Latin opprobriōsus
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈpɹəʊbɹiəs/
Adjective
opprobrious
- Of or relating to opprobrium or disgrace.
1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXII, in Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, III, or IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, OCLC 948783829, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
“Don’t speak of my painting before Naumann,” said Will. “He will tell you, it is all pfuscherei, which is his most opprobrious word!”
- Tending to cause opprobrium.
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