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lessening; belittling; derogatory.
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Derogative
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| derogate | |
| —vb (foll by from) (foll by from) | |
| 1. | to cause to seem inferior or be in disrepute; detract |
| 2. | to deviate in standard or quality; degenerate |
| 3. | (tr) to cause to seem inferior, etc; disparage |
| 4. | (tr) to curtail the application of (a law or regulation) |
| —adj | |
| 5. | archaic debased or degraded |
| [C15: from Latin dērogāre to repeal some part of a law, modify it, from | |
| 'derogately | |
| —adv | |
| dero'gation | |
| —n | |
| derogative | |
| —adj | |
| de'rogatively | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
derogative
late 15c., from O.Fr. derogatif, from L. *derogativus, from pp. stem of derogare (see derogatory).
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