A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1560-1568
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Vituperat(e, p.p. [e.m.E. vituperat v. (1542), L. vituperāt-, ppl. stem of vituperāre to censure.] Censured, blamed, reviled. —a1561 Norvell Meroure 32a.
Thogh, that I shuld be vituperat, Of all my freindes, and excommunicat 1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 21.
Quhairby mony emperikis & methodikes may be justlie vituperate & punisit in this realme
