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ingrate

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in⋅grate

  [in-greyt]
Use ingrate in a Sentence
–noun
1. an ungrateful person.
–adjective
2. Archaic. ungrateful.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME ingrat < L ingrātus ungrateful. See in- 3 , grateful

Related forms:
in⋅grate⋅ly, adverb
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in·grate   (ĭn'grāt')   
n.  An ungrateful person.

[From Middle English ingrat, ungrateful, from Old French, from Latin ingrātus : in-, not; see in-1 + grātus, pleasing, thankful; see gwerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

ingrate 
1393, originally an adj. meaning "unfriendly," from L. ingratus "unpleasant, ungrateful," from in- "not" + gratus "pleasing, beloved, dear, agreeable" (see grace). The noun meaning "ungrateful person" dates from 1672.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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