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op⋅pro⋅bri⋅um

  [uh-proh-bree-uhm]
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–noun
1. the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
2. a cause or object of such disgrace or reproach.
Origin:
1650–60; < L: reproach, equiv. to op- op- + probr(um) infamy, disgrace + -ium -ium
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op·pro·bri·um   (ə-prō'brē-əm)   
n.  
  1. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.
  2. Scornful reproach or contempt: a term of opprobrium.
  3. A cause of shame or disgrace.

[Latin, from opprobrāre, to reproach : ob-, against; see ob- + probum, reproach; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
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Opprobrium

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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