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Dyslogistic

Dyslogistic \Dys`lo*gis"tic\, a. [Gr. dys- 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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dyslogistic

a. Expressing censure or disapproval

WordNet
dyslogistic

adj. expressing disapproval; "dyslogistic terms like `nitwit' and `scalawag'" [syn: dislogistic, pejorative]

Usage examples of "dyslogistic".

And with every dyslogistic term, which he supposed had been applied to himself, he inflicted a new bruise on his rolling and roaring antagonist.