CONDESCEND, CONDESCENDING
ADJECTIVES
► HAMERT condescending in manner; not haughty → 1894 Sc.
► HOSTILISH condescending, arrogant, haughty → 1960 Trinidad and Tobago
NOUNS – PERSON
► HIGH HAT a condescending, affected, or supercilious person; an aristocrat; a wealthy or conceited person; a snob; a member of the social elite → 1923 US colloq., orig. theatrical usage
► LADY MUCK a condescending, pompous, self-opinionated woman → 1957 sl.
► LORD MUCK a condescending, pompous, self-opinionated man → 1937 sl.
VERBS
► BENEATH to condescend, to lower oneself → 1895 Eng. dial.
► GIVE SOMEONE THE SNOOT to treat someone in a condescending manner → 1989 US sl.
► TALK DOWN TO to speak condescendingly to → 2002 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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