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belittlement

noun

Etymology

From belittle + -ment.

  1. derived from *lewd-✻ — “to bend, crouch, duck”
  2. inherited from *lūtaną✻ — “to bow down, lout”
  3. inherited from *lūtil✻ — “little”
  4. inherited from lȳtel
  5. inherited from litel
  6. prefixed as belittle — “be + little”
  7. formed as belittlement — “belittle + -ment”

Definitions

  1. an act of belittling

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA