oblocutor

/ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

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"[…]the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor[…]"
"In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn’s 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors."

Learned borrowing from Latin oblocūtor. First attested in 1563.

oblocutors (plural)

interlocutor obloquious obloquy

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How do you pronounce oblocutor?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/.

What does oblocutor mean?

A gainsayer; a critic.

Where does oblocutor come from?

Learned borrowing from Latin oblocūtor. First attested in 1563.

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