a. ? Obs. [f. L. type *vituperātōri-us, f. vituperāre: see VITUPERATE v. and -ORY2.] Expressive of blame or censure; vituperative, violently abusive.
1586. Day, Eng. Secretary, I. (1625), 20. Laudatorie [Epistles] wherein is specially praised any thing, and Vituperatorie, in which is misliked or condemned whatsoeuer may be thought worthy either to be abhorred or dispraised.
1660. Charac. Italy, To Rdr. A 5. For that [proverb] hath two ends, and so have I, as well as two parts; the one Vituperatory, and the other Laudatory.
a. 1832. Bentham, Deontol. (1834), I. 315. The very same desire having ordinarily three designations, one laudatory, one vituperatory, and the other neutral.
1843. Tait’s Mag., X. 343. A fluent array of vituperatory and laudatory phrases.
