opprobrium

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin opprobrium, obprobrium (“a reproach, a taunt; disgrace, shame; dishonour; scandal”, noun), from opprobrō, obprobrō (“to reproach, upbraid; to taunt”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Opprobrō, obprobrō are derived from ob- (prefix meaning ‘against’) + probrum (“disgrace, shame; abuse, insult”, noun) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”) + *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”), in the sense of something brought up to reproach a person). The plural form opprobria is borrowed from Latin opprobria. === Pronunciation === Singular: (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɹəʊ.bɹɪ.əm/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɹoʊ.bɹi.əm/ Hyphenation: op‧pro‧bri‧um Plural (opprobria): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈpɹəʊ.bɹɪ.ə/ (General American) IPA(key): /əˈpɹoʊ.bɹi.ə/ Hyphenation: op‧pro‧bria === Noun === opprobrium (countable and uncountable, plural opprobriums or opprobria) (countable, archaic) A cause, object, or situation of disgrace or shame. [from mid 17th c.] Synonym: (obsolete) opprobry (uncountable) Disgrace or bad reputation arising from exceedingly shameful behaviour; ignominy. [from late 17th c.] Synonyms: obloquy, (obsolete) opprobry Scornful contempt or reproach; (countable) an instance of this. Synonyms: blame, castigation, censure, derision, invective, (obsolete) opprobry; see also Thesaurus:contempt (archaic) Behaviour which is disgraceful or shameful. ==== Related terms ==== opprobriate (archaic) opprobrious opprobriously opprobriousness opprobry (obsolete) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === shame on Wikipedia.Wikipedia opprobrium (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Alternative forms === obprobrium === Etymology === From opprobrō +‎ -ium. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɔpˈprɔ.bri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [opˈprɔː.bri.um] === Noun === opprobrium n (genitive opprobriī or opprobrī); second declension reproach, taunt scandal, disgrace, dishonour, shame ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== opprobriōsus ==== Descendants ==== === 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.