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    [Noun]  | "op*pro*bri*um" | \ ə-ˈprō-brē-əm \


    1: something that brings disgrace

    2: public disgrace or ill fame that follows from conduct considered grossly wrong or vicious

    3: contempt, reproach


    Origin: 1647 ;

     Borrowed from Latin, derivative (with -ium, deverbal suffix of function or state) of opprobrāre "to bring up as a reproach," from ob- {see: |ob-|ob-} + -probrāre, verbal derivative of probrum "reproach, insult, disgrace," probably noun derivative of *pro-fro- "brought up against someone (as a reproach)," going back to Indo-European *pro-bhr-o, from *pro- "before" + *bhr-, ablaut grade of *bher- "carry, bring" {mat|for:1|for:1}, {mat|bear:2|bear:2};

    [Noun phrase]  | "term of opprobrium" 


    1: a word that is used to show disapproval

    [Noun]  | "opprobrium" 


    1: a cause of shame;


      * e.g., " ... saw no reason why secretary should suddenly become a term of opprobrium among the politically correct "





    2: the state of having lost the esteem of others;


      * e.g., " ... the opprobrium that was long attached to the convicted embezzler's name "





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