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Definition of Obloquies
1. obloquy [n] - See also: obloquy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obloquies
Literary usage of Obloquies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"... and scurrile obloquies, flouts, calumnies of railers and detractors ; I scorn
the rest. What therefore I have said, ..."
2. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, called Frederick the Great: in ten vol by Thomas Carlyle (1865)
"... out poor King Stanislaus on the streets (3d November, 10 PM, " miraculously"
in vain, as most readers know),—which brought its obloquies and troubles on ..."
3. History of Friedrich II, of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1900)
"... poor King Stanislaus on the streets (3d November, 10 PM, 'miraculously' in
vain, as most readers know),—which brought its obloquies and troubles on the ..."
4. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"... out poor King Stanislaus on the streets (3d November, 10 PM, " miraculously "
in vain, as most readers know), — which brought its obloquies and troubles ..."
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