"condescent" meaning in English

See condescent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnt/ Forms: condescents [plural]
Etymology: Compare condescend, descent. Head templates: {{en-noun}} condescent (plural condescents)
  1. (obsolete) An act of condescending, or acting in a condescending manner. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-condescent-en-noun-y3O8slMB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Compare condescend, descent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "condescents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "condescent (plural condescents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1662, Henry More, The Defence of the Moral Cabbala:",
          "text": "it is a condescent and debasement for the present",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of condescending, or acting in a condescending manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-condescent-en-noun-y3O8slMB",
      "links": [
        [
          "condescend",
          "condescend"
        ],
        [
          "condescending",
          "condescending"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An act of condescending, or acting in a condescending manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "condescent"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare condescend, descent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "condescents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "condescent (plural condescents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1662, Henry More, The Defence of the Moral Cabbala:",
          "text": "it is a condescent and debasement for the present",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of condescending, or acting in a condescending manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condescend",
          "condescend"
        ],
        [
          "condescending",
          "condescending"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) An act of condescending, or acting in a condescending manner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "condescent"
}

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