terms of disparagement

A similar thing happened with welfare, a constructive euphemism compared to once common terms of disparagement such as the dole.

Theodore Fog—I regret to be obliged to mention his name in any terms of disparagement, because he is unquestionably a man of talents and a true-bred New Light, and certainly we owe Theodore a good deal—had been very sour for some time past.

Of other early philosophers, even when dissenting from their opinions, he speaks in terms of admiration and reverence: but Heraclitus, whose physical explanation of the universe was adopted by the Stoics, is described in terms of disparagement, levelled as much against his later followers as against himself, as— Clarus ob obscuram linguam magis inter inanis Quamde gravis inter Graios qui vera requirunt.

In his admirable treatise on metals, Agricola speaks of the rod in terms of disparagement; he considers its use as a relic of ancient magical forms, and he says that it is only irreligious workmen who employ it in their search after metals.

Why are Mr. L�wenthal and Mr. Brien, quondam editorial prot�g�s, now never spoken of but in terms of disparagement?