Op*pro"bri*ous (?), a. [L. opprobriosus, fr. opprobrium. See
Opprobrium.] 1. Expressive of opprobrium; attaching disgrace;
reproachful; scurrilous; as, opprobrious language.
They . . . vindicate themselves in terms no less opprobrious than
those by which they are attacked.
Addison.