disgracive

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English

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Etymology

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From disgrace +‎ -ive.

Adjective

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disgracive (comparative more disgracive, superlative most disgracive)

  1. (obsolete) Causing disgrace.
    • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
      I wonder at those , that will assume a knowledge of all ; they are unwisely ashamed of an ignorance , which is not disgracive

References

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disgracive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.