Both Uses
condescending
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
(Edited)
- Jem condescended to take me to school the first day,
p. 17.5 *condescended = did something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- The boy's condescension flashed to anger. "You try and make me, missus."
p. 30.7condescension = doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
Definitions:
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(1)
(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)