vituperious

English

Adjective

vituperious (comparative more vituperious, superlative most vituperious)

  1. (obsolete) despicable; disgraceful.
    • Template:RQ:Felham 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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