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derogatorily

In a derogatory manner disparagingly

dorky

stupid socially inept unfashionable or ridiculous always used disparagingly

faggot

a male homosexual always used disparagingly and considered offensive

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Gringo

Among Spanish Americans a foreigner especially an American or sometimes an Englishman often used disparagingly or as a term of reproach

muttonhead

A stupid or foolish person a dolt a numbskull a blockhead disparaging and offensive These words are used to express a low opinion of someones intelligence

Office

Office, an employment, either judicial, municipal (see CORPORATE OFFICE), civil, military, or ecclesiastical. As to obtaining offices by desert only, the repealed 12 Ric. 2, c. 2, enacted that-- The Chancellor, Treasurer, . . . the...

Magna Carta

Magna Carta, [Latin 'great charter'] The English charter that King John granted to the barons in 1215 and Henry III and Edward I later confirmed. It is generally regarded as one of the great common-law documents...

Libel

Libel [fr. libellus, Lat.; libelle, Fr.]. False defamatory words, if written and published, constitute a libel: Odgers on libel, p. 1. 'Everything printed or written, which reflects on the character of another, and is published without...

Forfeiture of marriage

Forfeiture of marriage, an ancient writ which lay against him who, holding by knight's service and being under age and unmarried, refused to marry the woman whom the lord offered him without disparagement, and married another,...

Defamatory statement

Defamatory statement, is a statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right thinking members of society generally or to cause him to be shunned or avoided or to expose him to hatred,...

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