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dyslogistic |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dyslogistic \Dys`lo*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. ? ill, bad + ? discourse, fr ? to speak.] Unfavorable; not commendatory; -- opposed to {eulogistic}. There is no course of conduct for which dyslogistic or eulogistic epithets may be found --J. F. Stephen. The paternity of dyslogistic -- no bantling, but now almost a centenarian -- is adjudged to that genius of common sense Jeremy Bentham. --Fitzed. Hall. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dyslogistic adj : expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: {dislogistic}, {pejorative}]
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