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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. expressing disapproval;
- Example: "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
[syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dyslogistic \Dys`lo*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. dys- ill, bad, + ? discourse, fr. ? to speak.] Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to eulogistic. [1913 Webster] There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or eulogistic epithets may be found. --J. F. Stephen. [1913 Webster] The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of common sense, Jeremy Bentham. --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dyslogistic adj 1: expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: dyslogistic, dislogistic, pejorative]