improperation

English

Etymology

From Latin improperare.

Noun

improperation (plural improperations)

1. (obsolete) A reproach; an instance of upbraiding or contumely.
   • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Folio, published 2007, page 6:

     for, omitting those improperations and termes of scurrility betwixt us [...]there is between us one common name and appellation, one faith