Associations to the word «Obloquy»

Wiktionary

OBLOQUY, noun. Abusive language.
OBLOQUY, noun. Disgrace suffered from abusive language.
OBLOQUY, noun. (archaic) A false accusation; malevolent rumors.

Dictionary definition

OBLOQUY, noun. State of disgrace resulting from public abuse.
OBLOQUY, noun. A false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky