Some are dismissive, like: Cerimonia (" Ceremony ", all proper manners and rigid, slavish devotion to pointless details ), Coccodrillo ( Italian: " Crocodile ", because he preys on others ), Fanfarone (" Trumpeter " or " Loudmouth "), Giangurgulo (" John the Glutton "), Grillo (" Grasshopper ", because he is small and ' hops ' sides ), Malagamba (" Lame Leg "), Squaquara (" Little Shit "), Papirotonda (" Round Letter ", a complaint signed by mutinous soldiers or sailors in a circle around the main text so the ringleaders or originators cannot be discerned ), Tagliacantoni (" Small-Sized "), and Zerbino ( Italian: " Doormat ").

Although archeological evidence of this grain has been found in Roman contexts along the Rhine, Danube, and in the British Isles, Pliny the Elder was dismissive of rye, writing that it " is a very poor food and only serves to avert starvation " and spelt is mixed into it " to mitigate its bitter taste, and even then is most unpleasant to the stomach " ( N. H. 18. 40 ).

Rosalind Russell's performance as an emotionally distraught, often overbearing middle-aged schoolteacher has drawn both admiring and highly dismissive commentary in DVD reviews.

His dismissive attitude, " gave some readers a way to see that there need be no clash between construction and reality ," inasmuch as " the metaphor of social construction once had excellent shock value, but now it has become tired.

The plot focuses on a prominent concert pianist, Charlotte Andergast ( Ingrid Bergman ), who has been neglectful and dismissive of her children, whom she has not seen in over seven years.

She has expressed her dislike of An Officer and a Gentleman, for which she refused to do any publicity, and several other of her films, and has been dismissive of some of her co-stars and directors.

They have an almost dismissive disdain for the Haruchai and a bitter and long-standing rivalry with The Elohim, which has not yet been fully explained.

The girls all retain their memory of the events, and while most appear to be dismissive ( or choose to repress the memories ), Willow's emotional history with Xander has left her furious, and she refuses to talk to him.

The name of the book has since become used commonly, often as a dismissive categorization of all popular psychology philosophies as being overly accepting.

Critic Janet Maslin was dismissive of the film, and wrote, " Today, in the dazzling, superficial style that Mr. Friedkin has so thoroughly mastered, it's the car chases and shootouts and eye-catching settings that are truly the heart of the matter ".

Openly agreeing with Roger Ebert's dismissive criticism that the movie should not have even been released, Louis has said that the finished product, though containing parts he enjoyed, was far from his own vision.

Consequently, the term mainstream media has been widely used in conversation and the blogosphere, often in oppositional, pejorative, or dismissive senses, in discussion of the mass media and media bias.

Norman Lebrecht has singled out Georg Tintner's recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on Naxos Records as # 92 in his list of the 100 best recordings of the century, and credits it ( along with Tintner's other Bruckner recordings ) with changing critics ' dismissive attitude towards Naxos.

Because of this, scholarly reaction has been muted and dismissive.

The novelist Raymond Chandler criticised her in his essay, " The Simple Art of Murder ", and the American literary critic Edmund Wilson was dismissive of Christie and the detective fiction genre generally in his New Yorker essay, " Who Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?

Lovelace was essentially dismissive of the idea that a machine such as the Analytical Engine could think in a humanlike way.

As a result, he was ambivalent about his faith and dismissive of old world traditions from childhood, and as an adult he embraced Anglophilia to remove himself even further from his roots.

There he repeated in a different form all that he had already said, for all the world as if he had a gramophone fixed in his brain ... When I took leave, he subjected me to an interminable handshake, meanwhile fixing his cold blue eyes on mine, and repeating almost word for word what he said to me on arrival ... I felt I should never be able to establish any human contact with this man " In early June 1940, when Mussolini informed Hitler that he at long last would enter the war on 10 June 1940, Hitler was most dismissive, in private calling Mussolini a cowardly opportunist who broke the terms of the Pact of Steel in September 1939 when the going looked rough, and was only entering the war in June 1940 after it was clear that France was beaten and it appeared that Britain would soon make peace.

Alan Perlis was similarly dismissive of the idea.

Echols and Willis have both written that radical feminism was, ultimately, dismissive of lesbian sexuality.

The Eisenhower administration's first response was low-key and almost dismissive.

Artists as well as scholars were already described as " Orientalists " in the 19th century, especially in France, where the term, with a rather dismissive sense, was largely popularized by the critic Jules-Antoine Castagnary.

May was also scathing of Prenter, who was Mercury's manager from the early 1980s to 1984, for being dismissive of the importance of radio stations, such as the US networks, and their vital connection between the artist and the community, and for denying them access to Mercury.

As a medieval Christian author William could hardly avoid hostility towards the kingdom's Muslim neighbours, but as an educated man who lived among Muslims in the east, he was rarely polemical or completely dismissive of Islam.

Although he received some success as a third-party candidate, Debs was largely dismissive of the electoral process ; he distrusted the political bargains that Victor Berger and other " Sewer Socialists " had made in winning local offices.

He was dismissive of the popular 1988 Bruce Willis action film Die Hard (" inappropriate and wrongheaded interruptions reveal the fragile nature of the plot "), while his positive review of 1997's Speed 2: Cruise Control (" Movies like this embrace goofiness with an almost sensual pleasure ") is the only one accounting for that film's 2 % approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes critical website.

Whitlam was dismissive and after the meeting broke, telephoned Kerr to tell him that he needed an appointment to advise him to hold a half-Senate election.

In an early attempt at defining some basic questions operative in examining folk tales, < noinclude > in 1925 characterised the folk legend as " a popular narrative with an objectively untrue imaginary content " a dismissive position that was subsequently largely abandoned.

When it was first previewed, many ballet critics in the UK and in the US wrote positively, pleased to see ballet portrayed so well on screen, but when they realised that it was universally popular, their reviews suddenly became quite dismissive of the film.

Her costar, Leslie Howard, was initially dismissive of her, but as filming progressed his attitude changed and he subsequently spoke highly of her abilities.

He was churchgoing, supportive of American military action and was dismissive of the more open sexiness of movies in the 1970s.

Reviews ranged from the encouraging to the dismissive ; the original game was written in BASIC, a programming language not well suited to programming high-performance computer games.

Following the emotional crisis in their marriage after Gustav's discovery of the affair, Gustav began to take a serious interest in Alma's musical compositions, regretting his earlier dismissive attitude.

The BBC, after having received 120 formal complaints, issued a public apology to Salmond regretting the " rude and dismissive " tone of the presenter.

He and Fletcher share a few drinks on the Fletcher's train home, and although dismissive of Fletcher's plans to go straight, wishes him luck in the future after he gets him out of unknowingly smuggling goods.

His attitude toward Spider-Girl is often arrogant and dismissive, bordering on the contemptuous ; but later he becomes impressed by her, after her surviving a battle against the Avengers ' enemy Seth.

Beaufret is considered the wellspring of " orthodox French Heideggerianism ," which was the element of French philosophy that was most dismissive of Heidegger's involvement with National Socialism after the French publication in 1987 of Victor Farias's Heidegger and Nazism.

Andrew Caldwell left the group after Bite It and by the time the ( now three piece ) band reemerged with their second album " Big Wow " in 1998 ( The last track of which included the refrain " We'll all go down in history ") it was to a largely dismissive reception from the music media and Whiteout split soon afterwards.

He made the dismissive comment after the government said it would amend the legislation to protect the independence of the police and the judiciary.

Black is dismissive at first, but after a long night of reminiscing DJay successfully persuades him into taking the tape.

He made his comeback a memorable one with a match winning hundred over Guyana, followed by a dismissive undefeated half-century in the second innings, scored at over two runs per ball.

Iceman is dismissive of Firestar as a " newbie ", as the story takes place in the same year as Firestar's public debut as a member of the New Warriors, while Iceman and Spider-Man have had significant careers as heroes at that point.

The ancient Greeks were notoriously dismissive of barbaroi – those who spoke Greek non-natively or not at all.

Despite Kennedy's efforts to keep Johnson busy, informed, and at the White House often, JFK's advisors and some members of the Kennedy family were more dismissive to Johnson.

His hero, Babe Ruth, is at first condescending and dismissive of the rookie ; but his strong, consistent play wins over Ruth and the rest of the team, and before long Gehrig is joining his teammates in playing pranks on Ruth on the team train.

Packer believed that there was an " old-boy network " element to the decision, and he was furious at the dismissive way that his bid was handled.

Hutchinson was at first dismissive of these ongoing political attacks, believing that his opponents were either misguided or misled.

" Horace Walpole would not have suffered it in his toyshop at Strawberry Hill ".< ref >( Benjamin 1910: 320 ) Beckford was dismissive of Walpole.

Justinian I ( r. 527 – 565 ), for instance, seems to have been dismissive of the Greens ’ petitions and to have never negotiated with them at all.

Moore was particularly dismissive of the novel's style and prose: " Mr Haggard cannot write English at all.

For example, William Cronon writes that what he calls a wilderness ethic or cult may " teach us to be dismissive or even contemptuous of such humble places and experiences ", and that " wilderness tends to privilege some parts of nature at the expense of others ", using as an example " the mighty canyon more inspiring than the humble marsh.

In Jonathan Swift's tract Remarks on the Characters of the Court of Queen Anne, a commentary on the book Memoirs of the Secret Services by John Macky, in response to Macky's statement that the Duke " Does not now make any figure at court ", Swift's dismissive reply is " Nor anywhere else.

However, at the time of its release, Bob Dylan received little notice, and both Hammond and Dylan were soon dismissive of the first album's results.

Cressingham, who appears to have believed that the Scots nobles were playing a double-game at King Edward's expense, was especially dismissive of the account of confrontation at the Spey, writing to King Edward:

Although Carmela is reasonably intelligent and puts a lot of emphasis on learning on her children as well as herself, she is often shown to be very ignorant and close-minded when it comes to a true education as opposed to a shallow interpretation of one ; she is also often very dismissive of other opinions on matters she disagrees with, even when she knows nothing about the topic at hand.

PJ Media's name, formerly Pajamas Media, is derived from a dismissive comment made by former news executive vice-president Jonathan Klein of CBS during the Killian documents affair involving then-CBS anchorman Dan Rather in the fall of 2004: " You couldn't have a starker contrast between the multiple layers of checks and balances at 60 Minutes and a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas ".

This judgement also seems to be upheld by Quintilian, who ranks the elegies of Tibullus higher and is somewhat dismissive of the poet, but Propertius ' popularity is attested by the presence of his verses in the graffiti preserved at Pompeii.

Lennon was later dismissive of the song, as he was of many of his compositions at the time, referring to it as " another of my throwaways ... fancy paper around an empty box ".

Josh assumed that Hoynes engineered this event and was dismissive of him, and Hoynes hit back at Josh's lack of respect for him.

Although his TV work is mainly at the popular end of the cultural spectrum, Ross is dismissive, citing Sturgeon's Law, of the bulk of such output.

Additionally, the New York media for the most part was derisive and dismissive of the Titans, when it deigned to mention them at all.