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opprobrium
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin opprobrium (“reproach, disgrace”), first attested [1656], from opprobr? (“reproach, taunt”), from ob (“against”) + probrum (“disgrace, dishonor”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??p?o?b?i.?m/
Noun
opprobrium (countable and uncountable, plural opprobriums or opprobria)
- Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
- Synonym: obloquy
- Scornful reproach or contempt.
- Synonyms: blame, castigation, censure, defamation, derision, invective, libel; see also Thesaurus:contempt
- A cause of shame or disgrace.
- Synonym: curse
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:opprobrium.
Related terms
- opprobrious
Translations
Latin
Alternative forms
- obprobrium
Etymology
From opprobr? +? -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /op?pro.bri.um/, [?p?p??b?i???]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /op?pro.bri.um/, [?p?p???b?ium]
Noun
opprobrium n (genitive opprobri? or opprobr?); second declension
- reproach, taunt
- scandal, disgrace, dishonour, shame
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- opprobri?sus
Descendants
- Catalan: oprobi
- ? English: opprobrium
- French: opprobre
- Portuguese: opróbrio
- Spanish: oprobio, oprobrio
References
- opprobrium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opprobrium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- opprobrium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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humiliation
English
Etymology
From Middle French humiliation, from Late Latin humiliatio, from humiliare (“to humiliate”); see humiliate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hju??m?li?e???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
humiliation (countable and uncountable, plural humiliations)
- The act of humiliating or humbling someone; abasement of pride; mortification.
- The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission.
- One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
Saying nothing, Lincoln sat there in humiliation and silence while Mrs. Early came with a wet towel and wiped off his face and clothes.
- One morning Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln were having breakfast when Lincoln did something that aroused the fiery temper of his wife. What, no one remembers now. But Mrs. Lincoln, in a rage, dashed a cup of hot coffee into her husband's face. And she did it in front of the other boarders.
Synonyms
- abasement
- dishonor
- embarrassment
- mortification
- shame
Antonyms
- honor
- exaltation
Related terms
- humble
- humiliate
- humiliating
- humility
Translations
Further reading
- humiliation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- humiliation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Late Latin humili?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /y.mi.lja.sj??/
Noun
humiliation f (plural humiliations)
- A humiliation, active or passive
Synonyms
- abaissement
Related terms
- humiliant
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “humiliation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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