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depreciatory, a.|dɪˈpriːʃɪətərɪ| [f. L. type *dēpretiātōri-us, f. dēpretiātor: see prec. and -ory.] Tending to depreciate; of disparaging tendency.
1805W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. III. 57 This account..is too depretiatory. 1875Jowett Plate (ed. 2) V. 59, I have a word to say..which may seem to be depreciatory of legislators. |