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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)
- (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
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio 2007, p. 6: