disparage
English
Etymology
From Middle English disparage (noun), disparagen (verb), from Old French desparage (noun), desparagier (verb), from des- + parage (“equal rank, rank”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈpæɹɪd͡ʒ/
Noun
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
marriage
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Verb
disparage (third-person singular simple present disparages, present participle disparaging, simple past and past participle disparaged)
- To match unequally; to degrade or dishonor. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- 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.
- (Can we date this quote by Bishop Atterbury?)
- those forbidding appearances which sometimes disparage the actions of men sincerely pious
- (Can we date this quote by Milton?)
- Thou durst not thus disparage glorious arms.
- (Can we date this quote by Bishop Atterbury?)
- To ridicule, mock, discredit. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
to match unequally
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to dishonor by a comparison
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to ridicule
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Further reading
- disparage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- disparage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- disparage at OneLook Dictionary Search
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French desparage; equivalent to dis- + parage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /disˌpaˈraːdʒ(ə)/, /disˈparadʒ(ə)/, /dɛs-/
Noun
disparage (uncountable) (rare)
- Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.
- Ignominy, shame; the state of lacking respect.
Descendants
- English: disparage
References
- “disparāǧe, n.” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.
Etymology 2
From Old French desparagier.
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