vituperate

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    spread negative information about

Word Origin

vituperate (v.)
1540s, back-formation from vituperation, or else from Latin vituperatus, past participle of vituperare. "Not in common use until the beginning of the 19th c." [OED]. Related: Vituperated; vituperating.

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