OBLOQUIES

Noun

obloquies

plural of obloquy

Source: Wiktionary


OBLOQUY

Ob"lo*quy, n. Etym: [L. obloquium, fr. obloqui. See Oblocutor.]

1. Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension. Shall names that made yuor city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction Addison.

2. Cause of reproach; disgrace. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn.

– Reproach; odium; censure; contumely; gainsaying; reviling; calumny; slander; detraction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SCHNORR

(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”


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