Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opprobry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: op-pro-bry
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"So the Lord may justly object to many of us that we build our owne houses, but suffer the house of the Lord to lye waste, it was an opprobry in Israel, when a man or woman wanted children, [...] and therefore they said when they had children, deus abstulit opprobrium meum. Luc. I. 25. The Lord hath taken away my opprobry; the Lord take away that opprobry and shame from the ministry, that they stand not up as barren and unfruitfull [...]"

Etymology

From Middle English opprobry, from Latin opprobrium.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: opprobry, opprobrium

Usage

Inflected Forms

opprobries (plural)

Questions

What does opprobry mean?: Opprobrium.
Where does opprobry come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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