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objurgation

noun

Etymology

From Latin obiūrgō.

  1. derived from obiūrgō

Definitions

  1. A strong rebuke or scolding.

    • Nevertheless, spite of this imperial objurgation, the short cloaks continued in fashion down to the time of which we treat, and particularly among the princes of the House of Anjou.
    • And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]

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