Notes: Today's Good Word is the action noun of the verb animadvert, and it is the patriarch of a large family of derived words. The adjective animadversive is a bit old but still available, and a person given to animadversion is an animadverter.

What part of speech is Animadversion?

noun. 1 formal Criticism or censure.

What does Animadversion mean in English?

1 : a critical and usually censorious remark —often used with on. 2 : adverse criticism.