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depraved
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??p?e?vd/
Verb
depraved
- simple past tense and past participle of deprave
Adjective
depraved (comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)
- Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
- (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
- 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
- There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]
- 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)
Derived terms
- depraved-heart murder
- depravedly
- depravedness
Related terms
- deprave
- depravity
Translations
Anagrams
- pervaded
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inferior
English
Alternative forms
- inferiour (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nferior (“lower in situation or place”), comparative of ?nferus (“below, underneath”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?nfîr??r
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?f??.?i.?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?f??.i.?/
- Rhymes: -???i?(?)
Adjective
inferior (comparative more inferior, superlative most inferior)
- Lower in rank, status, or quality.
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- (law) (of a court or tribunal) Susceptible to having its decisions overturned by a higher court.
- (economics) Denoting goods or services which are in greater demand during a recession than in a boom, for example second-hand clothes.
- Of low rank, standard or quality.
- Located below:
- (anatomy) Situated below another and especially another similar superior part of an upright body.
- (zoology) Situated in a relatively low posterior or ventral position in a quadrupedal body.
- (botany) Situated below some other organ; said of a calyx when free from the ovary, and therefore below it, or of an ovary with an adherent and therefore inferior calyx.
- (botany) On the side of a flower which is next to the bract.
- Synonym: anterior
- (typography) Printed in subscript.
- (astronomy) Below the horizon.
- (astronomy) Nearer to the Sun than the Earth is.
Usage notes
Inferior and superior are generally followed by to; than is seen sometimes, but is viewed as wrong.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:bad
Antonyms
- superior
Coordinate terms
- (dentistry location adjectives) anterior,? apical,? apicocoronal,? axial,? buccal,? buccoapical,? buccocervical,? buccogingival,? buccolabial,? buccolingual,? bucco-occlusal,? buccopalatal,? cervical,? coronal,? coronoapical,? distal,? distoapical,? distobuccal,? distocervical,? distocoronal,? distofacial,? distogingival,? distoincisal,? distolingual,? disto-occlusal,? distoclusal,? distocclusal,? distopalatal,? facial,? gingival,? incisal,? incisocervical,? inferior,? labial,? lingual,? linguobuccal,? linguo-occlusal,? mandibular,? maxillary,? mesial,? mesioapical,? mesiobuccal,? mesiocervical,? mesiocoronal,? mesiodistal,? mesiofacial,? mesioincisal,? mesiogingival,? mesiolingual,? mesio-occlusal,? mesioclusal,? mesiocclusal,? mesiopalatal,? occlusal,? palatal,? posterior,? proximal,? superior,? vestibular (Category: en:Dentistry) [edit]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Armenia Inferior
- limit inferior
Translations
Noun
inferior (plural inferiors)
- A person of lower rank, stature, or ability to another.
- Antonym: superior
- (printing) An inferior letter, figure, or symbol.
Translations
References
- “inferior”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “inferior”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- inferior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- inferior at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- fire iron, fireiron
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin ?nferior.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /im.f?.?i?o/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.fe.?i?o?/
Adjective
inferior (masculine and feminine plural inferiors)
- inferior
- lower
Related terms
- inferioritat
Further reading
- “inferior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “inferior” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “inferior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “inferior” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nferior (“lower, inferior”), the comparative of ?nferus (“low, nether, underground”).
Adjective
inferior (not comparable)
- subordinate, secondary
- (of people) inferior
- substandard, bad
Declension
Further reading
- “inferior” in Duden online
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in?fe.ri.or/, [???f??i?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in?fe.ri.or/, [in?f???i?r]
Adjective
?nferior (neuter ?nferius, positive ?nferus); third declension
- comparative degree of ?nferus, lower in situation or place:
- Subsequent, later, latter in time or succession.
- Inferior in quality, rank, or number.
Inflection
Third-declension comparative adjective.
Related terms
- infimus (superlative)
Descendants
References
- inferior in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inferior in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inferior in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin ?nferior.
Pronunciation
Adjective
inferior m (feminine singular inferiora, masculine plural inferiors, feminine plural inferioras)
- inferior
- lower
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin inferior.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?.f???jo?/
- Hyphenation: in?fe?ri?or
Adjective
inferior m or f (plural inferiores, comparable)
- inferior
- Antonym: superior
Romanian
Etymology
From French inférieur, from Latin inferior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?in.fe.ri?or/
Adjective
inferior m or n (feminine singular inferioar?, masculine plural inferiori, feminine and neuter plural inferioare)
- inferior
Declension
Antonyms
- superior
Related terms
- inferioritate
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin inferior.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /infe??jo?/, [??.fe??jo?]
- Hyphenation: in?fe?rior
Adjective
inferior (plural inferiores)
- inferior (of lower quality)
- inferior (of lower rank)
- inferior (below)
Antonyms
- superior
Derived terms
Related terms
- inferioridad
Further reading
- “inferior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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