oblocutor

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US/ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/US/ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/UK/ɒbˈlɒkjətə/UK/ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/

noun

A gainsayer; a critic.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounoblocutor (plural oblocutors)

plural oblocutors

  1. archaicA gainsayer; a critic.

    […]the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor[…]

    1838 [1563], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511
    1 more example

    In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn’s 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.

    2017 [2016 July], Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii

Origin

  1. Latinoblocūtor
  2. Latinoblocūtor
  3. Englishoblocutor

Learned borrowing from Latin oblocūtor. First attested in 1563.

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APA

oblocutor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oblocutor

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oblocutor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oblocutor.

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