discommend (third-person singular simple present discommends, present participle discommending, simple past and past participle discommended)
(now rare) To show disapproval of something, find fault with.
(now rare) To speak dissuasively of, to advise against.
• (show disapproval of) commend
• (speak dissuasively of) recommend
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`com*mend", v. t.
1. To mention with disapprobation; to blame; to disapprove. [R.] Spenser. By commending something in him that is good, and discommending the same fault in others. Jer. Taylor.
2. To expose to censure or ill favor; to put out of the good graces of any one. A compliance will discommend me to Mr. Coventry. Pepys.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 February 2025
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
