Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OP-PRO'BRI-OUS
OP-PRO'BRI-OUS, a. [See Opprobrium.]
- Reproachful and contemptuous; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language; opprobrious words or terms.
- Blasted with infamy; despised; rendered hateful; as, an opprobrious name. Milton. Daniel.
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