condescender

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condescender

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From condescend + -er.

noun condescenders

One who condescends. It was almost a surprise to remember that he could be proud—that he was proud—of all that he had seen and done abroad, and to feel himself distinguished by the habituated worldliness that since his homecoming had seemed to mark him only as a deserter, a tiresome condescender, and an apostate — not j

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"condescender." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/condescender. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{condescender_2026,
  title = {condescender},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/condescender},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}