Dictionary

oblocutor en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɒbləˌkjuːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɑbləˌkjutɚ/ (General-American)
• /ɒbˈlɒkjətə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɑbˈlɑkjətɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin oblocūtor. First attested in 1563.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A gainsayer; a critic.
   • […]the censure of the judges, the railing language of the oblocutor[…] 1838 [1563], John Foxe, The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe, page 511:
   • In this, Labour was addressing the problems of twenty-first-century Britain, something that was already clear in Corbyn’s 2015 leadership bid, but was largely ignored by his oblocutors. 2017 [2016 July], Richard Seymour, Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics, page xlii:

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Relateds

interlocutor · obloquy · obloquious