oblocutor
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin, from the agent noun counterpart, via suffix -tor, of the verb obloquor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/, /ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒbˈlɒkjətə/, /ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/
- Hyphenation: ob‧loc‧u‧tor
Noun
[edit]oblocutor (plural oblocutors)
- (archaic) A gainsayer; a critic.
- 1838, John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511:
- […] the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor […]
- 2017, Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii:
- In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn's 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors.