Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordOfTheDay</span></a>: obloquy (n.)</p><p>mid-15c., obloquie, "evil speaking, slander, calumny, derogatory remarks," from Medieval Latin obloquium "speaking against, contradiction," from Latin obloqui "to speak against, contradict," from ob "against" (see ob-) + loqui "to speak," from PIE root *tolkw- "to speak." Related: Obloquious.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Citation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Citation</span></a>: Harper Douglas, “Etymology of obloquy,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed March 3, 2024, <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/obloquy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">etymonline.com/word/obloquy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medieval</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latin</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Word</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Etymology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictionary</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Lexicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lexicon</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/C15th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C15th</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/15thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15thcentury</span></a></p>