English Explanatory Dictionary

obtrectation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander.

Word forms

obtrectation obtrectations

Etymology

From Middle French obtrectacion and its source, Latin obtrectātiō (“disparagement”), from the participle stem of obtrectāre.

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