condescender
English
editEtymology
editcondescend + -er
Noun
editcondescender (plural condescenders)
- One who condescends.
- 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 34:
- It was almost a surprise to remember that he could be proud—that he was proud—of all that he had seen and done abroad, and to feel himself distinguished by the habituated worldliness that since his homecoming had seemed to mark him only as a deserter, a tiresome condescender, and an apostate — not just of his religion, but of his family, of his country, and even, in some impenetrable way, of himself.
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin condēscendere, from Latin con- + dēscendō.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /kondesθenˈdeɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪es.θẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /kondesenˈdeɾ/ [kõn̪.d̪e.sẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: con‧des‧cen‧der
Verb
editcondescender (first-person singular present condesciendo, first-person singular preterite condescendí, past participle condescendido)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of condescender (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of condescender (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “condescender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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