Peter Sokolowski
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1,615 appearances
102 recordings
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first heard Jun 2026
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Peter Sokolowski’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But Milton wasn't the first to use the term, which comes to us via medieval Latin and Old French, and probably traces to an earlier Latin word ager, meaning field.
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English speakers had been employing airy as a word for a bird's nest for more than a century when he penned those words.
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Eventually Airy was applied to human dwellings as well as birds' nests.
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At first, this sense referred to dwellings nestled high up in mountains or hills.
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These days you're also likely to hear high rise apartments or offices referred to as airies.
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With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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vituperate, spelled V I T U P E R A T E.
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Vituperate is a verb.
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To vituperate someone is to criticize or censure them severely or abusively.
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Vituperate can also mean to use harsh condemnatory language.
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Here's the word used in a sentence from the I paper by Tessa Dunlop.
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On the world stage where Britain's royal family have traditionally been in the vanguard promoting our nation's brand.
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the Duke and Duchess remain hugely relevant.
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Old codgers vituperate and hate on them for their lucrative Instagram vibes, but out there in the global ether, has and megs still matter.
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There would seem to be as many English words and phrases for reading someone The Riot Act as there are justifications for doing so, from chew-out, ball out, and ream out, to dress down and tongue lash.
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Vituperate, unlike this sample litany, is decidedly formal.
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