vituperious

English

Adjective

vituperious (comparative more vituperious, superlative most vituperious)

(obsolete) despicable; disgraceful.
- 1723, Owen Feltham, Resolves:
  vituperious thouing men
- 1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses Elizium:
  Thou be obſequious in his doubtleſſe right
  'Gainſt the vile Atheiſts vituperious ſting

Derived terms

vituperiously

Further reading

“Vituperrious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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