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exprobrate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pro-brate
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reproach or upbraid

Dated

Etymology

From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) (whence -ate, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

exprobrates (present, singular) exprobrating (participle, present) exprobrated (participle, past) exprobrated (past)

Derived Forms

exprobrative

Questions

What does exprobrate mean?
To reproach or upbraid
Where does exprobrate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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