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English
Etymology
From (the participle stem of) Latin peiorō (“make worse”), from pēior (“worse”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːdʒəɹeɪt/, /ˈpɛdʒəɹeɪt/
Verb
pejorate (third-person singular simple present pejorates, present participle pejorating, simple past and past participle pejorated)
- (transitive, intransitive) To become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Lord Advocate Prestongrange”, in Catriona, London, Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 49:You do not appear to me to recognize the gravity of your situation, or you would be more careful not to pejorate the same by words which glance upon the purity of justice.
Further reading
Latin
Verb
pejōrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of pejōrō