deprecative

English

Etymology

From Middle French déprécatif.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛp.ɹɪ.keɪ.tɪv/, /ˈdɛp.ɹə.keɪ.tɪv/
• Hyphenation: dep‧re‧ca‧tive

Adjective

deprecative (comparative more deprecative, superlative most deprecative)

1. Tending to deprecate; disapproving.
2. (archaic) Tending to avert evil by prayer.

Derived terms

• deprecatively

 

Translations

tending to deprecate

• German: abwertend (de), deprekativ (de)
• Italian: deprecativo

Italian

Adjective

deprecative

1. feminine plural of deprecativo

Anagrams

• precidevate, predicevate

Latin

Adjective

dēprecātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of dēprecātīvus