[kon-duh-sen-ding] 
| showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality. |
[kon-duh-send] | 1. | to behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity. |
| 2. | to stoop or deign to do something: He would not condescend to misrepresent the facts. |
| 3. | to put aside one's dignity or superiority voluntarily and assume equality with one regarded as inferior: He condescended to their intellectual level in order to be understood. |
| 4. | Obsolete.
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| con·de·scend (kŏn'dĭ-sěnd') intr.v. con·de·scend·ed, con·de·scend·ing, con·de·scends
[Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + dēscendere, to descend; see descend.] con'de·scend'er n. |
| con·de·scend·ing (kŏn'dĭ-sěn'dĭng) adj. Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude: "The independent investor's desire to play individual stocks may well worry some market veterans, but that smacks a little of Wall Street's usual condescending attitude toward small investors" (Tom Petruno). con'de·scend'ing·ly adv. |
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