objurgate

verb /ˈɒbd͡ʒəɡeɪt/

1. To rebuke or scold strongly.

   transitive

   He waited and waited, in the faith that Schinkel was dealing with them in his slow, categorical Teutonic way, and only objurgated the cabinetmaker for having in the first place paltered with his sacred trust.[…]

2. To remonstrate, complain, to rail against.

   intransitive

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin obiūrgātus, perfect passive participle of obiūrgō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ob- (“to, against”) + iūrgō (“to dispute, chide”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry objurgate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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