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单词 derogatory
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derogatoryadj.n.

/dɪˈrɒɡətəri/
Etymology: < Latin dērogātōrius, < dērogātor : see derogator n. and -ory suffix2. Compare French dérogatoire (1341 in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
A. adj.
1. Having the character of derogating, of taking away or detracting from authority, rights, or standing, of impairing in force or effect. Const. to, from (†of).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adjective]
vile1297
derogative1477
derogatory1502
vild1568
derogatoriousa1575
lessening1592
dishonoured1608
indignous1611
derogant1616
unmanning1625
infimatinga1641
prostituting1646
embasing1652
menial1673
degrading1684
debasing1775
vilifying1781
degradatory1783
dishonouring1843
relegating1872
demeaning1880
1502–3 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 174 Not intending to have his grant derogatorie unto justice.
1638 W. Chillingworth Relig. Protestants i. vi. §4. 326 If you conceive such a prayer derogatory from the perfection of your faith.
1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 501 That none be chosen, or no course be taken derogatory thereto.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xiv. §12. 221 Provided there be nothing contain'd in the Law..derogatory from his supreme power.
1724 J. Swift Some Observ. Wood's Half-pence 19 Such Patents are in no Manner Derogatory or Invasive of any Liberty.
1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings II. iv. x. 60 An opinion derogatory from the value of life.
1825 W. Scott Talisman vii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 147 Incidents mortifying to his pride, and derogatory from his authority.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. vi. 34 This Act was annulled as derogatory to the King's just rights.
2. Having the effect of lowering in honour or estimation; depreciatory, disparaging, disrespectful, lowering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective]
detractive1490
detracting1530
derogatory1570
reproachful1574
detractory1585
disadvantageous1620
detractious1626
derogatingc1629
undervaluing1639
disparaging1645
derogative1646
diminutive1662
diminishing1675
vilipendinga1722
belittling1793
depreciatory1805
vilipensive1824
depreciating1837
detractatory1860
vilipenditory1884
depreciant1885
slurring1892
hatemongering1926
denigratory1955
marginalizing1977
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 2/1 The second [was] deregatory to Kinges and Emperours.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. D3 v Al holy Writ warrants that delight, so it bee not derogatory to any part of Gods owne worship.
1776 J. Reynolds Disc. Royal Acad. (1876) vii. 48 Who probably would think it derogatory to their character, to be supposed to borrow.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. iv. 343 It would be..derogatory to a man of the slightest claim to polite letters, were he unacquainted with the Essays of Bacon.
1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 292 Conduct..derogatory to his rank.
1849 C. Dickens David Copperfield (1850) xxi. 211 To have imposed any derogatory work upon him.
1860 F. W. Farrar Ess. Origin Lang. (1865) 40 What plans are consonant to, and what are derogatory of God's..Infinite Wisdom.
3. derogatory clause n. a clause in a legal document, a will, deed, etc., by which the right of subsequently altering or cancelling it is abrogated, and the validity of a later document, doing this, is made dependent on the correct repetition of the clause and its formal revocation. Obsolete.
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1528 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. App. xxx. 89 As doth appear by composition made..and also confirmed by Boniface the IV..with clauses derogatory.
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 266 What maner of reuocation is to be made in the second testament, that it may suffice to reuoke the former testament, wherein is a clause derogatorie of the will of the testator.
a1626 F. Bacon Elements Common Lawes (1630) 78 A derogatorie clause is good to disable any latter act, except you revoke the same clause before you proceed to establish any later disposition, or declaration.
B. n.
Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Derogatoire, a derogatorie, or act of derogation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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