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commiserate
English
Etymology 1
From commiser?tus, the perfect passive participle of commiseror.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m??z?r?t, IPA(key): /k??m?z???t/
Adjective
commiserate (not comparable)
- (obsolete, rare) commiserating, pitying, lamentful
- 1593: Thomas Nashe, Christ’s Teares over Jerusalem, page 157 (1815 edited republication)
- In the time of Gregory Nazianzene, if we may credit ecclesiastical records, there sprung up the direfulest mortality in Rome that mankind hath been acquainted with; scarce able were the living to bury the dead, and not so much but their streets were digged up for graves, which this holy Father (with no little commiserate heart-bleeding) beholding, commanded all the clergy (for he was at that time their chief bishop) to assemble in prayer and supplications, and deal forcingly beseeching with God, to intermit his fury and forgive them.
- 1593: Thomas Nashe, Christ’s Teares over Jerusalem, page 157 (1815 edited republication)
References
- “†co?mmiserate, ppl. a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Etymology 2
Modelled upon commiser?t-, the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin commiseror.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m??z?r?t, IPA(key): /k??m?z??e?t/
Verb
commiserate (third-person singular simple present commiserates, present participle commiserating, simple past and past participle commiserated)
- (transitive) To feel or express compassion or sympathy for (someone or something).
- (intransitive, as the phrasal verb commiserate with) To sympathize; condole.
- (transitive, intransitive) To offer condolences jointly with; express sympathy with. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- commiserating, commiseratingly
- commiseration
Translations
References
- “commiserate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Related terms
- misery
Italian
Verb
commiserate
- second-person plural present indicative of commiserare
- second-person plural imperative of commiserare
- feminine plural of commiserato
Anagrams
- ammoscirete
- esercitammo
Latin
Participle
commiser?te
- vocative masculine singular of commiser?tus
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condescending
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?n.d?.s?nd.??/, /?k?n?di.s?nd.??/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?nd??s?nd??/
Adjective
condescending (comparative more condescending, superlative most condescending)
- Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
Synonyms
- (assuming a tone of superiority): patronizing
Derived terms
- condescendingly
Related terms
- condescendence
- condescension
Translations
Verb
condescending
- present participle of condescend
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