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Definition of objurgate in English:

objurgate

Pronunciation /ˈäbjərˌɡāt/ /ˈɑbdʒərˌɡeɪt/

transitive verb

[with object]rare

  • Rebuke severely; scold.

    ‘the old man objurgated his son’
    • ‘In addition, he anticipated the modern poets in objurgating the custom of garnishing poems with archaisms.’
    • ‘In ‘The high cost of low prices’, you objurgate the chain store for its business practices.’
    • ‘But I highly objurgate (word of the day calendars are wonderful things) his stealing my boyfriend's song.’
    • ‘‘I objurgate the centipede,/ A bug we do not really need,’ writes Ogden Nash.’
    • ‘And I will objurgate and distance myself from any of my fellow countrymen and women who do so’
    criticize, censure, condemn, castigate, chastise, lambast, pillory, savage, find fault with, fulminate against, abuse

Origin

Early 17th century from Latin objurgat- ‘chided, rebuked’, from the verb objurgare, based on jurgium ‘strife’.