obtrectation

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Определение obtrectation в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Disparagement, the belittling of someone or something; slander

For as anger, fear, sorrow, obtrectation, emulation, etc. cause grievous diseases in the body, so bodily diseases affect the soul by consent.

{n} defamation, detraction, scandal

Slander; detraction; calumny

Этимология

() From Middle French obtrectacion and its source, Latin obtrectātiō (“disparagement”), from the participle stem of obtrectāre.