Depreciatives

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    plural of depreciative form-of, plural

    "He has embodied a general system of depreciatives, out of which he extracts most 'strange contents.' I never yet heard him allow merit to man, woman or child;..."

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"He has embodied a general system of depreciatives, out of which he extracts most 'strange contents.' I never yet heard him allow merit to man, woman or child;..."

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