OPPRO'BRIOUS, adjective [See Opprobrium.]
1. Reproachful and contemptuous; scurrilous; as opprobrious language; opprobrious words or terms.
2. Blasted with infamy; despised; rendered hateful; as an opprobrious name.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.