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dismissive (adj.)
[dismissive 词源字典]
1640s, "characterized by or appropriate to dismissal;" from
dismiss
+
-ive
. Meaning "contemptuous, rejecting" is recorded by 1922. Related:
Dismissively
.
[dismissive etymology, dismissive origin, 英语词源]