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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY: VITUPERATE



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
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