Op*pro"bri*um (?), n. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum reproach, disgrace.]

Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language.

Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.

 

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