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Definition of Decrier
1. n. One who decries.
Definition of Decrier
1. Noun. One who decries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decrier
1. one that decries [n -S] - See also: decries
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decrier
Literary usage of Decrier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of the French and English Languages by Gabriel Surenne (1856)
"... em. prohibition, crying down decrier, va. to prohibit, cry Sown Décrire, l'a.
ío describe, depict, ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1814)
"JJ Rousseau a passe sa vie a decrier les grands; ensuite jl a dit qu'il n'avait
trouve de l'amitie et des vertu* qne parmi eux. ..."
3. Shelburne Essays by Paul Elmer More (1915)
"... for balking the popular will — and balking the path of the decrier's ambition.
He is one who has been honoured as the leader of a great political party, ..."
4. The English Novel: Being a Short Sketch of Its History from the Earliest by Walter Alexander Raleigh (1894)
"... who carried rapiers and " dags" (ie pistols) instead of the old-fashioned
sword and buckler, would no doubt remember that this decrier of Italian love- ..."
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