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Jun 23, 2009
This week's themeMiscellaneous words This week's words eleemosynary obloquy palliate countervail excoriate 
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with Anu Gargobloquy
PRONUNCIATION:
(OB-luh-kwee)
MEANING:
noun:1. Censure or abusive language towards someone, especially when expressed by many. 2. Disgrace resulting from public condemnation. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin obloquium (talking against, contradiction), from ob- (against) +
loqui (to speak). Ultimately from the Indo-European root tolkw- (to speak)
that is also the source of somniloquy,
loquacious, and
allocution.
USAGE:
"Jimmy Carter is a man who is prepared to risk the obloquy and criticism
of die-hard neocons and nervous fellow senior Democrats to break the chains
of Washington's foolish Middle East peace policy."Carter Mission; Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia); Apr 9, 2008. See more usage examples of obloquy in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Evil is like a shadow - it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it. -Shakti Gawain, teacher and author (b. 1948)
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