viˈtuperatory, a. ? Obs.
[f. L. type *vituperātōri-us, f. vituperāre: see vituperate v. and -ory2.]
Expressive of blame or censure; vituperative, violently abusive.
| 1586 Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 20 Laudatorie [Epistles] wherein is specially praised any thing, and Vituperatorie, in which is misliked or condemned whatsoeuer may be thought worthy either to be abhorred or dispraised. 1660 Charac. Italy To Rdr. A 5, For that [proverb] hath two ends..the one Vituperatory, and the other Laudatory. a 1832 Bentham Deontol. (1834) I. 315 The very same desire having ordinarily three designations, one laudatory, one vituperatory, and the other neutral. 1843 Tait's Mag. X. 343 A fluent array of vituperatory and laudatory phrases. |