This dark, opprobrious den of shame.
Milton.
-- Op*pro"bri*ous*ly, adv. -- Op*pro"bri*ous*ness, n.
Op*pro"bri*um (?), n. [L., fr. ob (see Ob-) + probrum reproach,
disgrace.] Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive
language.
Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself
heir to a twofold opprobrium.
De Quincey.
Op*pro"bry (?), n. Opprobrium. [Obs.] Johnson.
Op*pugn" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Oppugned (?); p pr. & vb. n.
Oppugning.] [OF. oppugner, L. oppugnare; ob (see Ob-) + pugnare to
fight. See Impugn.] To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict
with; to oppose; to resist.
They said the manner of their impeachment they could not but
conceive did oppugn the rights of Parliament.
Clarendon.
Op*pug"nan*cy (?), n. [See Oppugnant.] The act of oppugning;
opposition; resistance. Shak.
Op*pug"nant (?), a. [L. oppugnans, p. pr. of oppugnare. See Oppugn.]
Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring. "Oppugnant
forces." I. Taylor. -- n. An opponent. [R.] Coleridge.
Op`pug*na"tion (?), n. [L. oppugnatio: cf. OF. oppugnation.]
Opposition. [R.] Bp. Hall.
Op*pugn"er (?), n. One who opposes or attacks; that which opposes.
Selden.
Op*sim"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] Education late in life. [R.] Hales.
Op`si*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; sight + -meter: cf. F. opsiomètre.] An
instrument for measuring the limits of distincts vision in different
individuals, and thus determiming the proper focal length of a lens for
correcting imperfect sight. Brande & C.
Op`so*na"tion (?), n. [L. opsonatio.] A catering; a buying of
provisions. [Obs.] Bailey.
Op"ta*ble (?), a. [L. optabilis.] That may be chosen; desirable. [Obs.]
Cockeram.
Op"tate (?), v. i. [L. optatus, p. p. of optare.] To choose; to wish
for; to desire. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Op*ta"tion (?), n. [L. optatio. See Option.] The act of optating; a
wish. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Op"ta*tive (?), a. [L. optativus: cf. F. optatif.] Expressing desire or
wish. Fuller.
Optative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in Greek,
Sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed.