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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Improperation

· Im·prop·er·a·tion · IPA
01 n. The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.
  1. 1.
    The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt.[Obs.]
    Improperatios and terms of scurrility.” Sir T. Browne