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deprecative

[ dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv ]
/ ˈdɛp rɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv /
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adjective

serving to deprecate; deprecatory.

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RELATED WORDS

critical, deprecatory, depreciatory, derogative, derogatory, detractive, slighting, uncomplimentary

Nearby words

  1. depraved,
  2. depravity,
  3. deprecate,
  4. deprecating,
  5. deprecation,
  6. deprecatory,
  7. depreciable,
  8. depreciate,
  9. depreciation,
  10. depreciatory

Origin of deprecative

1480–90; (< Anglo-French) < Late Latin dēprecātīvus, equivalent to dēprecāt(us) (see deprecate) + -īvus -ive
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Examples from the Web for deprecative

  • The gray man turned his opened palm outwards with a deprecative motion which was not English at all.

    The Pursuit|Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

  • They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.

    The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden

  • I yielded to an instinct for deprecative horse-play, one of my worst faults, begot of an inferiority-complex.

    Tramping on Life|Harry Kemp
Word Origin and History for deprecative

deprecative

adj.

mid-15c., "praying for deliverance," from Middle French déprécatif (13c.), from Late Latin deprecativus, from past participle stem of Latin deprecari (see deprecation). Related: Deprecatively.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper