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Meaning of DYSLOGISTIC

Pronunciation:  `dislu'jistik

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 Definition: [adj]  expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'"
 
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 Synonyms: dislogistic, pejorative, uncomplimentary
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 
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