Both Uses of
condescending
in
Pygmalion
- as if condescending to a trivial subject out of pure kindness
Act 4 *condescending = doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity
- I should indeed be honored by your condescension, ma'am; and my poor old woman would take it as a tremenjous compliment.†
Act 5
Definition:
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(condescending) treating others as inferior; or doing something considered beneath one's position or dignity