Meanings
adjectivedeprecatory (comparative more deprecatory, superlative most deprecatory)
comparative more deprecatory · superlative most deprecatory
- Apologetic.
Said the Duke, bowing over a deprecatory hand, “If there were to pass my window one tithe of them whose hearts have been lost to Miss Dobson, I should win no solace from that interminable parade.”
1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC - archaicTending to avert evil by prayer.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to diminish or disparage
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Origin
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APA
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Chicago
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