Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE-GEN'ER-OUS
DE-GEN-ER-A'TIONDE-GEN'ER-OUS-LY
DE-GEN'ER-OUS, a.
- Degenerated; fallen from a state of excellence, or from the virtue and merit ancestors. Hence,
- Low; base; mean; unworthy; as, a degenerous passion. – Dryden.
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