obloquy

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The more exact researches and investigations of recent times have removed from his name the obloquy which it pleased some to cast upon it.

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  1. noun Abusively detractive language or utterance; calumny: "I have had enough obloquy for one lifetime” (Anthony Eden).
  2. noun The condition of disgrace suffered as a result of abuse or vilification; ill repute.

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  1. Middle English obloqui, from Late Latin obloquium, abusive contradiction, from Latin obloquī, to interrupt : ob-, against; see ob- + loquī, to speak; see tolkw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin obloquium, contradiction (Middle Latin calumny?), from Latin obloqui, speak against, contradict, blame, condemn, rail at, from ob, against, + loqui, speak: see locution.
 

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