objurgate

Borrowed from Latin obiūrgō, coming from ob- (“to, against”) +‎ iūrgō (“dispute, chide”), and in turn Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒbd͡ʒə(ɹ)ɡeɪt/

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objurgate (third-person singular simple present objurgates, present participle objurgating, simple past and past participle objurgated)

1. (transitive) To rebuke or scold strongly.
   • 1886, Henry James, The Princess Casamassima, volume 3, London: Macmillan and Co., page 190:

     He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust. […]

   • 1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC:

     When he saw his servant he rushed forward, and pressing the paper on him objurgated him, in tones which induced Ali to think that something awful had happened, to hurry up and get the whale-boat ready to go immediately—at once, at once—after Captain Lingard.

   • 1917, Jack London, chapter XXXIII, in Michael, Brother of Jerry:

     Mulcachy was disgusted. “Listen to reason, won’t you?” he objurgated, as, this time, the reason he referred to was the introduction of the ring clear through both nostrils, higher up, and through the central dividing wall of cartilage.

• See also Thesaurus:reprehend

• objurgation
• objurgative
• objurgatively
• objurgatory

objūrgāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of objūrgō