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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of neglegō (“disregard, neglect”).
Participle
neglegēns (genitive neglegentis, comparative neglegentior, superlative neglegentissimus, adverb neglegenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- being indifferent to, disregarding, ignoring, slighting, neglecting, negligent
- overlooking, passing over, neglecting
- despising, condemning
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
References
- “neglegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “neglegens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- neglegens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “nĕglĭgens”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 435