degenerous
English
Etymology
From Latin degener, + -ous. See degenerate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈdʒɛnəɹəs/
Adjective
degenerous (comparative more degenerous, superlative most degenerous)
- (obsolete) Degenerate; base.
- John Dryden
- degenerous passions
- South
- degenerous practices
- John Dryden
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for degenerous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)