Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Vituperative \Vi*tu"per*a*tive\, a.
   Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by,
   abuse; scolding; abusive. -- {Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly}, adv.

         Vituperative appellations derived from their real or
         supposed ill qualities.                  --B. Jonson.