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Today's Word "upbraid"

To scold harshly on

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upbraid \uhp-BRAYD\ (transitive verb) - To scold or criticize harshly.

"Verily, I have taken from you a hundred formulae and your virtue's favourite playthings; and now ye upbraid me, as children upbraid." -- Friedrich Nietzsche, 'Thus Spake Zarathustra'

 

Upbraid is from Middle English upbreiden, from Old English upbregdan, "to twist up, hence to reproach," from up-, "up" + bregdan, "to move back and forth; to weave."


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