■ verb show that one feels superior.
↘do something despite regarding it as below one's dignity: he ~ed to see me at my hotel.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
condescension noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'give way, defer'): from OFr. ~re , from eccles. L. ~ere , from con- 'together' + descendere 'descend'.