deprecative

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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.

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Italian

Adjective

deprecative

  1. feminine plural of deprecativo

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Latin

Adjective

dēprecātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of dēprecātīvus