Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Respect of persons; especially, an opinion or a prejudice formed merely from a person's appearance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance.
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- noun
respect ofpersons ; especially, apremature opinion orprejudice against a person, formed fromexternal appearance
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a face, a person + taking, receiving.
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