deprecative

[dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv]

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adjective

serving to deprecate; deprecatory.

Origin of deprecative

1480–90; (< Anglo-French) < Late Latin dēprecātīvus, equivalent to dēprecāt(us) (see deprecate) + -īvus -ive

Related formsdep·re·ca·tive·ly, adverbnon·dep·re·ca·tive, adjectivenon·dep·re·ca·tive·ly, adverbun·dep·re·ca·tive, adjectiveun·dep·re·ca·tive·ly, adverb

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Related Words for deprecative

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

Examples from the Web for deprecative

Historical Examples of deprecative

I yielded to an instinct for deprecative horse-play, one of my worst faults, begot of an inferiority-complex.
Tramping on Life
Harry Kemp
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

Word Origin and History for 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.