vituperate

PRONUNCIATION: (vy-TOO-puh-rayt, -TYOO-, vi-)
MEANING:
verb tr., intr.: To use harsh or abusive language.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin vituperare (to blame), from vitium (fault) + parare (to make or prepare). Earliest documented use: 1542.
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BITUPERATE - to loudly curse someone in two languages.
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The THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest. -Elie Wiesel, writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1928)