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Objurgation   Listen
noun
Objurgation  n.  The act of objurgating; reproof. "While the good lady was bestowing this objurgation on Mr. Ben Allen." "With a strong objurgation of the elbow in his ribs."





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"Objurgation" Quotes from Famous Books



... picked up his shovel again in a chastened silence. In fact, deputy-captain Priske (who had just accomplished the ticklish task of securing the rudder and lashing a couple of ropes to its broken head for steering-gear) had ordered him back to work, using language not unmixed with objurgation. ...
— Sir John Constantine • Prosper Paleologus Constantine


Words linked to "Objurgation" :   reprimand, wig, reproval, tongue-lashing, rebuke, chiding, scolding, objurgate, wigging


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