Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dispraises.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who blames or dispraises.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
blames .
Etymologies
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dispraise + -er
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Examples
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Men are eternally divided into the two classes of poet (believer, maker, and praiser) and dunce (or unbeliever, unmaker, and dispraiser).
The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing John Ruskin 1859
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Men are eternally divided into the two classes of poet (believer, maker, and praiser) and dunce (or unbeliever, unmaker, and dispraiser).
On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature John Ruskin 1859
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