In 1855 his name was opprobriously mentioned in the Irish case of Hancock v. Delacour, which attracted much attention.

Think you, my lord, this little prating York Was not incensed by his subtle mother To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously?

I was previously unaware that there was such a thing as a pretentious chimp, a chimp who claims to be just learning language yet still uses words such as haruspices, popinjay, pinguid, pithecine, pellucid, opprobriously.