SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY:
VITUPERATE
PRONOUNCIATION: vi-TOO-puh-rayt, -TYOO-, vi-)
MEANING: (verb tr.,) intr.: To use harsh or abusive language.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin vituperare (to blame), from vitium (fault) + parare (to
make or prepare). Earliest documented use: 1542.
USAGE:
"In debate,
Thaddeus Stevens vituperates with relish --You fatuous
nincompoop, you unnatural noise! -- at foes of
the 13th amendment."
Roy Blount; Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood; Smithsonian (Washington, DC); Nov 2012. Wordsmith.org
Roy Blount; Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood; Smithsonian (Washington, DC); Nov 2012. Wordsmith.org
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