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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-359/
- Published: 2021-01-18T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-18T02:03:06.000Z
- Author: Peter Andersen
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:38

The word for today is…

opprobrium (noun) – 1\. Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct; ignominy.

1. Scornful reproach or contempt.
2. (Archaic) A cause of shame or disgrace.

Source : [The Free Dictionary](https://www.thefreedictionary.com/opprobrium?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Opprobrium was borrowed into English from Latin in the 17th century. It derives from the Latin verb opprobrare, which means “to reproach.” That verb, in turn, came from the noun probrum, meaning “disgraceful act” or “reproach.” The adjective form of opprobrium is opprobrious, which in English means “scurrilous” or “infamous.” One might commit an “opprobrious crime” or be berated with “opprobrious language,” for example. Probrum gave English another word too, but you might have a little trouble guessing it. It is exprobrate, an archaic synonym of censure and upbraid

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