Definition of Deprecatory. Meaning of Deprecatory. Synonyms of Deprecatory

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Definition of Deprecatory

Deprecatory
Deprecatory Dep"re*ca*to*ry, a. [L. deprecatorius.] Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic. Humble and deprecatory letters. --Bacon.

Meaning of Deprecatory from wikipedia

- The Ethics of Diet: A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh-eating is an 1883 book by Howard Williams, on the history of vegetarianism...
- of modifiers, it refers to white people and has a history of racially deprecatory and pejorative use. Cantonese speakers frequently use gwailou to refer...
- phrase "el gabacho". In México, Guatemala, and El Salvador gabacho is a deprecatory reference for white man from the U.S. In Mexico, el gabacho also identifies...
- performing some martial arts roles, he is at home as well in comedic, self-deprecatory or emotional characters. His second-most common role in TVB has been...
- or to address oneself as "I". In modern times, the practice of self-deprecatory terms is still used. In formal letters, the term 貴 (gwai; lit. important)...
- incompetent. However, it was used most prominently in the Qing dynasty as a deprecatory first-person pronoun by Manchu or Bannermen officials at court when addressing...
- respectively. Plutarch writes that Cicero was urged to change this deprecatory name when he entered politics, but refused, saying that he would make...
- threatened to take action against them if they released any 50 Cent tracks deprecatory of Murder Inc. The conflict escalated when Ja Rule released "Loose Change"...
- fake ****ney accent, though the term is sometimes also used as a self-deprecatory moniker by second, third, and subsequent generations of the ****ney diaspora...
- with Primus, Limp Bizkit took inspiration from Primus' trademark self-deprecatory slogan "Primus sucks": Durst, Borland, Rivers, Otto and Lethal took the...