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Improperation

Im-propˊer-a′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

improperare

,

improperatum

, to taunt.]

The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.

[Obs.]

Improperatios

and terms of scurrility.

Sir T. Browne

Definition 2024

improperation

improperation

English

Noun

improperation ‎(plural improperations)

(obsolete) A reproach; an instance of upbraiding or contumely.
- 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio 2007, p. 6:
  for, omitting those improperations and termes of scurrility betwixt us [...]there is between us one common name and appellation, one faith