Casaubon, with polite condescension.
But the first "Star Wars" trilogy is also credited with opening up a dazzling world of fan culture, liberating nerds and geeks from the condescension of their elders and the mockery of their classmates and placing their passions at the center of the universe.
Brits, for example, can't help but hear a hint of condescension in there.
Mr Cheng says Mr Kalanick and his team were dripping with condescension.
Opening a door is not a gesture of condescension, but rather courtesy and deference.
" What the Greek king said excited the vizir's curiosity, and he said to him, "Sire, I beg your majesty to have the condescension to tell me what the vizir said to King Sindbad.