Dictionary entry

Opprobrium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.