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Word of the Day – Obloquy

By November 3, 2017Word of the Day

Obloquy (noun)

ob-lu-kee

Strong public condemnation, or the shame brought about by public condemnation.

Late Middle English: from late Latin obloquium ‘contradiction’, from Latin obloqui, from ob- ‘against’ + loqui ‘speak’.

Example sentences

“You’d think some of the actors in the Hollywood sex scandal would show a little obloquy.”

“He’d endured years of humiliation and obloquy”

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