pejorateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈpiːdʒəɹeɪt/, /ˈpɛdʒəɹeɪt/

動詞

pejorate (third-person singular simple present pejorates, present participle pejorating, simple past and past participle pejorated)

1. (ambitransitive) To become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
   • 1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Lord Advocate Prestongrange”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 49:

     You do not appear to me to recognize the gravity of your situation, or you would be more careful not to pejorate the same by words which glance upon the purity of justice.

関連する語

• pejoration
• pejorative
• pejorist

参照

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “pejorate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.