† condescensiveadj.
Obsolete.
Characterized by or given to condescension.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adjective] > gracious > condescending
graciousa1393
condescensivea1677
condescending1707
a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 49 It..rendereth him civil, condescensive, kind and helpfull to those who are in a meaner state.
1708 Brit. Apollo 15–17 Sept. A condescensive accommodation to Humane Capacity.
1747 E. Poston Pratler I. 137 Most of them are..so condescensive to leave it to me to chuse.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb] > graciously > condescendingly
condescendingly1653
graciously1654
condescensively1827
1827 G. S. Faber Origin Expiat. Sacrifice 268 The rite was condescensively adopted..from the Paganism of Egypt.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [noun] > graciousness > condescension
condescenta1638
condescensiveness1652
condescendency1667
condescencea1674
condescension1676
condescendingness1680
descension1702
1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris (1663) 501 Let us exercise..condescensiveness of spirit, in all our transactions with our meanest brethren.
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