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   Vi·tu·per·a·tion

   /vəˌto͞opəˈrāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 1. bitter and abusive language: "no one else attracted such vituperation from him"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French or Latin, from Latin vituperat- ‘censured, disparaged’, from the verb vituperare, from vitium ‘fault’ + parare ‘prepare’.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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