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censorious

adj
/sɛnˈsɔɹiəs/

Etymology

From Latin cēnsōrius (“of or pertaining to a censor; severe”). In sense 3 ("tending to engage in or support censorship"), reanalyzed as censor + -ious.

  1. borrowed from cēnsōrius — “of or pertaining to a censor; severe”

Definitions

  1. Addicted to censure and scolding

    Addicted to censure and scolding; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

    • But, my dear David, this world is a censorious place—as who should know it better than myself, who have lived ever since the days of my late departed father, God sain him! in a perfect spate of calumnies?

  2. Implying or expressing censure.

    • censorious remarks

  3. Tending to engage in or support censorship.

    • Is there something in the California water that makes Silicon Valley's censorious dweebs so damned shameless?

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Derived

censoriously, censoriousness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA