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Improperation

Im-propˊer-a′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
improperare
,
improperatum
, to taunt.]
The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.
[Obs.]
Improperatios
and terms of scurrility.
Sir T. Browne

Definition 2024


improperation

improperation

English

Noun

improperation (plural improperations)

  1. (obsolete) A reproach; an instance of upbraiding or contumely.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio 2007, p. 6:
      for, omitting those improperations and termes of scurrility betwixt us [...]there is between us one common name and appellation, one faith