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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as objurgatory.

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  • adjective That objurgates; sharply disapproving.

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Examples

  • At times the Signor Antonio pitched a note compounded half of cursing, half of crying, it seemed: both pathetic and objurgative, as if he whimpered anathemas and had inexpressible bitter things in his mind.

    Vittoria — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

  • Antonio pitched a note compounded half of cursing, half of crying, it seemed: both pathetic and objurgative, as if he whimpered anathemas and had inexpressible bitter things in his mind.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • At times the Signor Antonio pitched a note compounded half of cursing, half of crying, it seemed: both pathetic and objurgative, as if he whimpered anathemas and had inexpressible bitter things in his mind.

    Vittoria — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • If the light is in the center, and must be turned off at the bulb, the return to the stairway from the nocturnal visit to the furnace is likely to be productive of bruised shins and objurgative English; if the light operates from above, one either forgets to turn it off and leaves it to burn all night, or becomes uncertain about it just as he is beginning to doze off, necessitating a scramble downstairs to make sure.

    The Complete Home Oliver R. [Contributor] Williamson 1907

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