depriment

See also: dépriment

English

Etymology

From Latin dēprimēns, present participle of dēprimō. See depress.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpɹɪmənt/

Adjective

depriment (comparative more depriment, superlative most depriment)

1. Serving to depress.
   • 1713, W[illiam] Derham, Physico-Theology: Or, A Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from His Works of Creation. […], London: […] W[illiam] Innys, […], →OCLC:

     Depriment muscles.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “depriment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

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Latin

Verb

dēpriment

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēprimō