I like this word. According to the Shorter Oxford Dictionary, its root verb, objurgate, means "to give a severe rebuke to, scold, chide". The only context where I've come across it is a novel by Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim, where Amis writes: "[someone was] reproved by the objurgatory jeweller as excessively 'dignant' in demeanour."

Would you say that the use of "reproved" and "objurgatory" is redundant in this sentence? Not that it matters much, probably K. Amis was also a fan of the word...