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pejorative, a. and n.|ˈpiːdʒəreɪtɪv, pɪˈdʒɒrətɪv|
[f. L. type *pējōrātīv-us, f. ppl. stem of pējōrāre: see pejorate and -ive: so mod.F. péjoratif.]
a. adj. Tending to make worse; depreciatory; applied especially to a derivative word in which the meaning of the root word is lowered by the addition of a suffix or otherwise.
b. n. A word of this character, as poetaster, poeticule, poetling.
1882Ogilvie (Annandale) s.v., Poetaster is a pejorative of poet. a1888G. Masson Sel. Tales Mod. Fr. Writers (1892) 252 This substantive has now a pejorative meaning. 1892F. Adams in N. & Q. 8th Ser. II. 151/2 The Italian boccaccia is a pejorative form of bocca, a mouth, equivalent to the modern colloquial English ‘ugly mug’. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles i. A Rejoinder 35 Horne Tooke's pejorative grammatist, based on the unclassical Latin grammatista, was..formerly in some vogue.
Hence pejoratively adv., in a depreciative or deteriorated sense.
1890in Cent. Dict.
[f. L. type *pējōrātīv-us, ‘tending to make worse’, f. ppl. stem of pējōrāre: see pejorate v. and -ive: so mod.F. péjoratif.] A. n. A word, derivative, phrase, etc. which by its form or context expresses contempt for the thing named; a derogatory word or form. B. adj. Depreciatory, contemptuous; having or producing a less favourable meaning.
1882Ogilvie Imp. Dict. s.v., Poetaster is a pejorative of poet. 1888G. Masson Sel. Tales Mod. French Writers (ed. 3) 252 This substantive has now a pejorative meaning. 1892F. Adams in N. & Q. 20 Aug. 151/2 The Italian boccaccia is a pejorative form of bocca, a mouth, equivalent to the modern colloquial English ‘ugly mug’. 1895F. Hall Two Trifles ii. 35 Horne Tooke's pejorative grammatist, based on the unclassical grammatista, was..formerly in some vogue. 1928Times 19 Nov. 14/1 The question of the special Session is heavily charged with ‘politics’ in the pejorative sense of the word. 1955E. Jones Life & Work of Freud II. v. 142 A born journalist in a pejorative sense, someone to whom the effect produced was much more important than the verities communicated. 1979Observer 16 Dec. 10, I can't think why the term ‘one-night stand’ has such a pejorative tang. 1987J. Berman Talking Cure iv. 91 Eliot's references to psychology are generally pejorative, as when he labels it an ‘alien or half-formed science’.
Hence peˈjoratively adv., in a depreciative or derogatory sense.
1890in Cent. Dict. 1962B. Inglis West Briton viii. 143, I never heard of West Briton being used except pejoratively. |