oblocutor

English

Etymology

From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/, /ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒbˈlɒkjətə/, /ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/
• Hyphenation: ob‧loc‧u‧tor

Noun

oblocutor (plural oblocutors)

1. (archaic) A gainsayer; a critic.
   • 1838, John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511:

     […] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]

   • 2017, Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii:

     In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn's 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.

Related terms

• interlocutor
• obloquious
• obloquy