Etymology

vituperous

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Today it means: Vituperative. Full definition →

French vitupéreux ← Late Latin vituperosus ← Latin vituperāre
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvituperāre“to blame, censure”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromvituperosus
  3. French · derived fromvitupéreux
  4. English todayvituperous

From French vitupéreux, from Late Latin vituperosus, from Latin vituperāre (“to blame, censure”), from vitium (“fault, defect”) + parāre (“to furnish, provide, contrive”).

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