CENSORIOUS Meaning of CENSORIOUS in English [ sɛn'sɔ:rɪəs ]■ adjective severely critical.Derivatives~ly adverb~ness noun OriginC16: from L. censorius (from censor ‘magistrate’) + -ious . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004