improperium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

imprŏpĕrĭum (inpr-), ĭi, n. [2. impropero],

a reproach , taunt (eccl. Lat.), Lact. 4, 18, 32; Vulg. Rom. 15, 3 al.; cf. improperium ὀνείδισις, Gloss. Philox.