Today’s Random Rare Word is brought to you by the boyfriend! He used the word “ingrate” recently (not referring to me, of course…) and I had never heard of it before. He was surprised I hadn’t heard of it and maybe it’s one of those words that is incredibly common but for some reason has just slipped me by- perhaps you’ve heard it (and used it yourself)?
Ingrate
Noun: An ungrateful person.
Adjective: ungrateful.
Ingrate comes from the Latin gratus, meaning “grateful”; the prefix of in renders it negative.
Note: Ingrate is not to be confused with ingratiate, which is a reflexive verb meaning to “bring oneself into favour”.
Thanks for that! I have known that word for years but until reading this post I have not used it properly and did not understand the proper meaning of the word. I didn’t realize that it had to do with being ‘ungrateful’. I always thought it was word used to describe a conniving, despicable person.
I second that.