vituperous

English

Etymology

From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperare (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parare (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).

Adjective

vituperous (comparative more vituperous, superlative most vituperous)

1. (rare) Vituperative.
2. (rare) Worthy of blame.

Quotations

• 1682, A. Marsh, The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and The Confession of the New-married Couple:

  Yet howsoever though this is true, nevertheless I must furnish the delicate stomackt Ladies with some sort of weapons, that they may be in a posture of defending themselves against their vituperous enemies.

• 1905, Charles Klein, chapter III, in The Lion and The Mouse:

  (...) their drivers vociferating torrents of vituperous abuse on every man, woman or beast unfortunate enough to get in their way.

Synonyms

• vituperative

Related terms

• vituperable
• vituperant
• vituperate
• vituperation
• vituperative
• vituperatively
• vituperator
• vituperatory
• vituperously

Further reading

• “vituperous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.