Etymograph

English

objurgation

Objurgation comes from Latin obiūrgō ‘to chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand’, from iūs ‘right, law’, and ultimately from agō ‘to pursue, discuss’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō1‘to pursue, discuss’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūs1‘right, law’compounding form of agō
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrgō2‘dispute, chide’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiūrgō3‘to chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1819objurgation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin iurgo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin obiurgo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English objurgation
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1819, Walter Scott: “Nevertheless, spite of this imperial objurgation, the short cloaks…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagōWiktionary, Latin iurgo‘to pursue, discuss’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūsWiktionary, Latin iurgo‘right, law’compounding form of agō
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrgōWiktionary, Latin obiurgo‘dispute, chide’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEobiūrgōWiktionary, English objurgation‘to chide, scold, rebuke, reprimand’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1819objurgationWiktionary, English objurgation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1819, Walter Scott: “Nevertheless, spite of this imperial objurgation, the short cloaks…”

Linked words

through Latin agō ‘to pursue, discuss’

act, agency, actual, agent, action, active, activity, actor, agenda, examine, examination, ambiguous, activate, enact, agile, ambiguity, agility, squat, assay, radium, cogent, agitation, actuator, inexact, exigent, redact, actuate, actuation, 95 more

through Latin iūs ‘right, law’

judge, justice, juice, judgment, judicial, judiciary, preach, prejudice, predicament, jus, predicate, judicious, adjudicate, judicature, 14 more

Today it means

noun A strong rebuke or scolding.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “objurgation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin iurgo, Latin obiurgo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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