vituperator

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vituperātor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

vituperator (plural vituperators)

1. One who vituperates, or censures abusively.

Synonyms

• censurer, detractor

Related terms

• vituperable
• vituperant
• vituperate
• vituperation
• vituperative
• vituperatively
• vituperatory
• vituperous
• vituperously

Translations

one who vituperates, or censures abusively

• French: vitupérateur (fr) m, vitupératrice (fr) f
• Italian: vituperatore (it) m, vituperatrice f

References

• “vituperator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Etymology

vituperō (“to scold, blame”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯i.tu.peˈraː.tor/, [u̯ɪt̪ʊpɛˈräːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vi.tu.peˈra.tor/, [vit̪upeˈräːt̪or]

Noun

vituperātor m (genitive vituperātōris, feminine vituperātrix); third declension

1. scolder, blamer

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vituperātor	vituperātōrēs
genitive	vituperātōris	vituperātōrum
dative	vituperātōrī	vituperātōribus
accusative	vituperātōrem	vituperātōrēs
ablative	vituperātōre	vituperātōribus
vocative	vituperātor	vituperātōrēs

Descendants

• English: vituperator
• French: vitupérateur
• Italian: vituperatore

References

• “vituperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vituperator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vituperator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitupérateur.

Adjective

vituperator m or n (feminine singular vituperatoare, masculine plural vituperatori, feminine and neuter plural vituperatoare)

1. vituperating

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	vituperator		vituperatoare		vituperatori	vituperatoare
	definite	vituperatorul		vituperatoarea		vituperatorii	vituperatoarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	vituperator		vituperatoare		vituperatori	vituperatoare
	definite	vituperatorului		vituperatoarei		vituperatorilor	vituperatoarelor

References

• vituperator in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN