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Word of the Day for Tuesday, August 5, 2008 vituperate \vy-TOO-puh-rate, -TYOO-, vi-\, verb: To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate. There are moments in life when true invective is called for, when it becomes an absolute necessity, out of a deep sense of justice, to denounce, mock, vituperate, lash out, in the strongest possible language. -- Charles Simic, quoted in "The argument culture", Irish Times, December 17, 1998 The incensed priests...continued to raise their voices, vituperating each other in bad Latin. -- Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Vituperate comes from Latin vitupero, vituperare, to scold, blame, censure. Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for vituperate Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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