Dictionary entry

Vituperative

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vi‐tu″per‐a‐tive (?), a. Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. — Vi‐tu″per‐a‐tive‐ly, adv.

Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities. B. Jonson.