Word: condescendingness
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The Yale News, in condescending to notice our editorial in reference to President Eliot's remarks on the subject of base-ball, asks us "to reconcile the president's position with the attitude assumed by the Harvard committee in withdrawing from the conference in the way that they did." It...
His Lordship lit a cigarette thoughtfully, and with an air of condescending grace that made him a hero in Tommie's inexperienced eyes. But she was not awed; American girls never are. She was simply roused to enthusiasm. She said, -
He whistles airs from Offenbach's latest, and takes pleasure in adding that it "has n't got here yet." He is delighted at your observing any of the many "points" noticeable about his clothes, remarking in a condescending tone that this cut or that fashion will become common in...