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 of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from external appearance

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek a face, a person + taking, receiving.

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