See demerit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "merit"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "demerit good"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "demeritorious"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "demerit point"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "desmerite"
},
"expansion": "Old French desmerite",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "démérite"
},
"expansion": "French démérite",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French desmerite (modern French démérite).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "demerits",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "demerit (countable and uncountable, plural demerits)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "30 16 29 8 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 17 28 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1679, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Original and Nature of Government. […]”, in Miscellanea. […], London: […] A. M. and R. R. for Edw[ard] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 70:",
"text": "[W]hatever they acquire by their Induſtry or Ingenuity […] ſhould be as much their Property, as any diviſions of Land or of Stock that are made to the Sons; and the Poſſeſſion as ſecure, unleſs forfeited by any demerit or offence againſt the cuſtoms of the Family, which grow with time to be the Orders of this little State.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault."
],
"id": "en-demerit-en-noun-en:quality_of_being_inadequate",
"links": [
[
"quality",
"quality#Noun"
],
[
"inadequate",
"inadequate"
],
[
"disadvantage",
"disadvantage#Noun"
],
[
"fault",
"fault#Noun"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:quality of being inadequate"
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedostatǎk",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "недостатък"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "短處"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duǎnchu",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "短处"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "缺點"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quēdiǎn",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "缺点"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "tekortkoming"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "haitta"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "puute"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "puutteellisuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nachteil"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demerito"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "demeritto",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "デメリット"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ketten",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "欠点"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tansho",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "短所"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demérito"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izʺján",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изъя́н"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nackdel"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 4 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "brist"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "30 16 29 8 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 17 28 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 39 28 4 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002, George W. Bush, Commencement Address at West Point",
"text": "A few of you have followed in the path of the perfect West Point graduate, Robert E. Lee, who never received a single demerit in four years. Some of you followed in the path of the imperfect graduate, Ulysses S. Grant, who had his fair share of demerits, and said the happiest day of his life was \"the day I left West Point.\" (Laughter.)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army."
],
"id": "en-demerit-en-noun-Ft~Ykgev",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"lang": "Chinese (Simplified)",
"roman": "jìguò",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "记过"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "riproĉo"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "huomautus"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blâme"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "démérite"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Minuspunkt"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epitímisi",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "επιτίμηση"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katákrisi",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάκριση"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "momfí",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μομφή"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togame",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "咎め"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzyskánije",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "взыска́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výgovor",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́говор"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "descalificación"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demérito"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 91 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanción"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "23 20 45 4 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 18 40 10 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 16 49 8 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 13 61 6 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 24 38 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 19 37 11 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 16 45 8 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 24 38 6 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 19 38 11 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 21 41 7 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "30 16 29 8 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 17 47 8 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 17 47 8 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 17 28 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "10 17 47 8 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 16 44 9 19",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "14 24 38 7 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1610 (first performance), attributed to John Marston, and/or William Barkstead and Lewis Machin, The Insatiate Countesse. A Tragedie: […], London: […] T[homas] S[nodham] for Thomas Archer, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act V, signature I2, recto:",
"text": "I fall to riſe, mount to thy maker, ſpirit, /. Leaue here thy body, death ha's her demerit.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1603, Plutarch, “What Signifieth this Word Ei, Engraven over the Dore of Apolloes Temple in the City of Delphi”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1354:",
"text": "But when firſt Cleobulus the tyrant of the Lindians, and then Periander the tyrant likewiſe of Corinth (who had neither of them any one jot of vertue or wiſdome) by the greatneſſe of their power, by the number of their friends, and by many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, acquired forcibly this reputation, in deſpite of all uſurped the name of Sages; and to this purpoſe cauſed to be ſpred ſowen and divulged throughout all Greece certaine odde ſentences and notable ſayings, as well as thoſe of others, wherewith the former Sages, above named were diſcontented.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert."
],
"id": "en-demerit-en-noun-cnHHbcC6",
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈmɛɹɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demerit.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɪt"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "discredit"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"demerit"
],
"word": "demerit"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "desmerite"
},
"expansion": "Old French desmerite",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "démérite"
},
"expansion": "French démérite",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French desmerite (modern French démérite).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "demerits",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "demeriting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "demerited",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "demerited",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "demerit (third-person singular simple present demerits, present participle demeriting, simple past and past participle demerited)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1840, Alexander Campbell, Dolphus Skinner, A discussion of the doctrines of the endless misery and universal salvation, page 351:",
"text": "You hold that every sin is an infinite evil, demeriting endless punishment.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deserve."
],
"id": "en-demerit-en-verb-WCpwXv21",
"links": [
[
"deserve",
"deserve"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To deserve."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "30 16 29 8 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "32 17 28 5 18",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1576, John Woolton, The Christian Manuell:",
"text": "Faith by her own dignity and worthiness doth not demerit justice and righteousness; but receiveth and embraceth the same offered unto us in the gospel […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To depreciate or cry down."
],
"id": "en-demerit-en-verb-SfbdHyas",
"links": [
[
"depreciate",
"depreciate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To depreciate or cry down."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈmɛɹɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demerit.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɪt"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"demerit"
],
"word": "demerit"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "merit"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪt",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪt/3 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "demerit good"
},
{
"word": "demeritorious"
},
{
"word": "demerit point"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "desmerite"
},
"expansion": "Old French desmerite",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "démérite"
},
"expansion": "French démérite",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French desmerite (modern French démérite).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "demerits",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "demerit (countable and uncountable, plural demerits)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1679, William Temple, “An Essay upon the Original and Nature of Government. […]”, in Miscellanea. […], London: […] A. M. and R. R. for Edw[ard] Gellibrand, […], →OCLC, page 70:",
"text": "[W]hatever they acquire by their Induſtry or Ingenuity […] ſhould be as much their Property, as any diviſions of Land or of Stock that are made to the Sons; and the Poſſeſſion as ſecure, unleſs forfeited by any demerit or offence againſt the cuſtoms of the Family, which grow with time to be the Orders of this little State.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault."
],
"links": [
[
"quality",
"quality#Noun"
],
[
"inadequate",
"inadequate"
],
[
"disadvantage",
"disadvantage#Noun"
],
[
"fault",
"fault#Noun"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:quality of being inadequate"
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002, George W. Bush, Commencement Address at West Point",
"text": "A few of you have followed in the path of the perfect West Point graduate, Robert E. Lee, who never received a single demerit in four years. Some of you followed in the path of the imperfect graduate, Ulysses S. Grant, who had his fair share of demerits, and said the happiest day of his life was \"the day I left West Point.\" (Laughter.)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1610 (first performance), attributed to John Marston, and/or William Barkstead and Lewis Machin, The Insatiate Countesse. A Tragedie: […], London: […] T[homas] S[nodham] for Thomas Archer, […], published 1613, →OCLC, Act V, signature I2, recto:",
"text": "I fall to riſe, mount to thy maker, ſpirit, /. Leaue here thy body, death ha's her demerit.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1603, Plutarch, “What Signifieth this Word Ei, Engraven over the Dore of Apolloes Temple in the City of Delphi”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1354:",
"text": "But when firſt Cleobulus the tyrant of the Lindians, and then Periander the tyrant likewiſe of Corinth (who had neither of them any one jot of vertue or wiſdome) by the greatneſſe of their power, by the number of their friends, and by many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, acquired forcibly this reputation, in deſpite of all uſurped the name of Sages; and to this purpoſe cauſed to be ſpred ſowen and divulged throughout all Greece certaine odde ſentences and notable ſayings, as well as thoſe of others, wherewith the former Sages, above named were diſcontented.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈmɛɹɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demerit.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɪt"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "discredit"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedostatǎk",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "недостатък"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "短處"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "duǎnchu",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "短处"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "缺點"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quēdiǎn",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "缺点"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "tekortkoming"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "haitta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "puute"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "puutteellisuus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nachteil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demerito"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "demeritto",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "デメリット"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ketten",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "欠点"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tansho",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "短所"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demérito"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izʺján",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "изъя́н"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "nackdel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "quality of being inadequate",
"word": "brist"
},
{
"lang": "Chinese (Simplified)",
"roman": "jìguò",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "记过"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "riproĉo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "huomautus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blâme"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
],
"word": "démérite"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Minuspunkt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epitímisi",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "επιτίμηση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katákrisi",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "κατάκριση"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "momfí",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μομφή"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "togame",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"word": "咎め"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzyskánije",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "взыска́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výgovor",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́говор"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "descalificación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "demérito"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mark for bad conduct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanción"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"demerit"
],
"word": "demerit"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪt",
"Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪt/3 syllables",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Esperanto translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "desmerite"
},
"expansion": "Old French desmerite",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "démérite"
},
"expansion": "French démérite",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old French desmerite (modern French démérite).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "demerits",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "demeriting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "demerited",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "demerited",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "demerit (third-person singular simple present demerits, present participle demeriting, simple past and past participle demerited)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1840, Alexander Campbell, Dolphus Skinner, A discussion of the doctrines of the endless misery and universal salvation, page 351:",
"text": "You hold that every sin is an infinite evil, demeriting endless punishment.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deserve."
],
"links": [
[
"deserve",
"deserve"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To deserve."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1576, John Woolton, The Christian Manuell:",
"text": "Faith by her own dignity and worthiness doth not demerit justice and righteousness; but receiveth and embraceth the same offered unto us in the gospel […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To depreciate or cry down."
],
"links": [
[
"depreciate",
"depreciate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, archaic) To depreciate or cry down."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈmɛɹɪt/"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demerit.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-demerit.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛɹɪt"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"demerit"
],
"word": "demerit"
}
Download raw JSONL data for demerit meaning in English (12.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.