Definition of Obloquies

1. Noun. (plural of obloquy) ¹

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Definition of Obloquies

1. obloquy [n] - See also: obloquy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obloquies

oblong
oblong fovea of arytenoid cartilage
oblong leaf
oblong number
oblong pit of arytenoid cartilage
oblong woodsia
oblongata
oblongatal
oblongatas
oblongish
oblongly
oblongness
oblongs
oblongum
obloquial
obloquies (current term)
obloquious
obloquoy
obloquy
obluctation
obluctations
oblyrate
obmutescence
obmutescent
obnoctious
obnoses
obnosis
obnoxious
obnoxiously
obnoxiousness

Literary usage of Obloquies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"... and scurrile obloquies, flouts, calumnies of railers and detractors ; I scorn the rest. What therefore I have said, ..."

2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"... out poor King Stanislaus on the streets (3d November, 10 PM, " miraculously" in vain, as most readers know),—which brought its obloquies and troubles on ..."

3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... poor King Stanislaus on the streets (3d November, 10 PM, 'miraculously' in vain, as most readers know),—which brought its obloquies and troubles on the ..."

4. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... out poor King Stanislaus on the streets (3d November, 10 PM, " miraculously " in vain, as most readers know), — which brought its obloquies and troubles ..."

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