deplorable: difference between revisions

The {{glossary|adjective}} is borrowed from {{bor|en|fr|déplorable|t=lamentable, regrettable}}, or from its {{glossary|etymon}} {{bor|en|LL.|dēplōrābilis}} + [[w:English language|English]] {{m|en|-able|pos={{glossary|suffix}} meaning ‘relevant to, suitable to’}}.<ref>{{R:Lexico|pos=adj}}</ref> {{m|LL.||Dēplōrābilis}} is derived from {{der|en|la|dēplōrō|t=to bemoan, complain about; to bewail, lament, deplore}}<ref name="OED">Compare {{R:OED Online|pos=adj.'' and ''n|id=50310|date=March 2023}}</ref> + {{m|la|-ābilis|pos=suffix meaning ‘able or worthy to be’}}; while {{m|la||dēplōrō}} is from {{m|la|dē-|pos={{glossary|intensifying}} {{glossary|prefix}}}} + {{m|la|plōrō|t=to cry out; to complain; to lament, deplore}} (possibly from {{der|en|ine-pro|*pleh₃(w)-|t=to flow; to swim}}). {{surf|en|deplore|-able}}.

The {{glossary|noun}} is derived from the adjective.<ref name="OED"/> {{senseno|en|US politics|uc=1}} refers to a campaign speech by the American politician and [[w:Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nominee {{w|Hillary Clinton}} (born 1947) during the {{w|2016 United States presidential election}} calling half of the supporters of her [[w:Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] opponent {{w|Donald Trump}} (born 1946) a “{{w|basket of deplorables}}”.<ref>{{cite-journal|author=Katie Reilly|quotee={{w|Hillary Clinton}}|title=|magazine=[[w:Time (magazine)|Time]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523205232/https://time.com/4486502/hillary-clinton-basket-of-deplorables-transcript/|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=[[w:WarnerMedia|Time Warner Publishing]]|date=10 September 2016|issn=0928-8430|oclc=749127914|passage=‘You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. Right?’ Clinton said.}}

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* |{{l|en|deplorability}} {{qualifier|rare}}|deplorableness|deplorably}}

#* {{quote-journal|en|editor={{w|:Harold Hayes}}|magazine=[[w:Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|location=Chicago, Ill.|publisher=Esquire, Inc.|year=1970|volume=74|page=183|column=1|issn=0014-0791|oclc=752409455|passage=[H]eralding, this season, an end of the most awful of all apparel abominations, that most despicable of all '''deplorables''', the ankle sock.}}

#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Bob Woodward|chapter=|title={{w|Fear: Trump in the White House}}|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher={{w|:Simon & Schuster}}|year=2018|page=355|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKRkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA355|isbn=978-1-5011-7551-0|passage=He &#91;{{w|Donald Trump}}&#93; did not say who “the guys” were—but [[w:John M. Dowd|[John Maguire] Dowd]] knew he meant the Trump base, the crowds at his rallies, the Fox News watchers, the '''deplorables'''.}}

#* {{quote-book|en|author=[[w:Michael Wolff (journalist)|Michael Wolff]]|chapter=[[w:John McCain|McCain]], [[w:Bob Woodward|Woodward]], Anonymous|title={{w|Siege: Trump Under Fire}}|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher={{w|:Henry Holt and Company}}|date=4 June 2019|isbn=978-1-250-25382-8|passage=Trump's fate, [[w:Steve Bannon|[Steve] Bannon]] declared, rested with the '''deplorables''', who had to be brought to the kind of fearful emotional pitch that would get them to the polls.}}

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