disparage
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English, from Old French desparager, from des- + parage (“equal rank, rank”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
disparage (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
- But, for his meane degree might not aspire / To match so high, her friends with counsell sage / Dissuaded her from such a disparage […].
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.8:
Translations[edit]
marriage
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Verb[edit]
disparage (third-person singular simple present disparages, present participle disparaging, simple past and past participle disparaged)
- To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor.
- To dishonor by a comparison with what is inferior; to lower in rank or estimation by actions or words; to speak slightingly of; to depreciate; to undervalue.
- To ridicule, mock, discredit.
Translations[edit]
to match unequally
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to dishonor by a comparison
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to ridicule
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See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- disparage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- disparage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- disparage at OneLook Dictionary Search
