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despect
English
Etymology
From Middle English despect (“contempt, spite”), from Latin d?spectus (“a looking down upon, contempt”), from d?spicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from d? (“down”) + specere (“to look at, behold”), equivalent to de- +? -spect
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??sp?kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: de?spect
Noun
despect (uncountable)
- (archaic) Contempt, derision.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:contempt
Antonyms
- respect
Related terms
- despection
- despective
- despicable
- despise
See also
- despite
Verb
despect (third-person singular simple present despects, present participle despecting, simple past and past participle despected)
- (archaic) To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn.
- c. 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben: Iohnson. [...] London, Printed M.DC.XL [1640], in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. Containing these Playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse, volume II, London: Printed for Richard Meighen, published 1640, OCLC 221338962, pages 72 and 79:
- [Act II, scene ii, page 72] Nay, but with patience, Sir, we that are Officers / Mu?t 'quire the ?peciall markes, and all the tokens / Of the de?pected parties, or perhaps – el?e, / Be nere the nere of our purpo?e in 'prehending 'hem.
- [Act III, scene i, page 79] Faith Go??ip Turfe, you have, you ?ay, Remi??ion / To comprehend all ?uch, as are di?pected: / Now, would I make another privie ?earch / Through this Towne, and then you have zearch'd two towns.
- c. 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben: Iohnson. [...] London, Printed M.DC.XL [1640], in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. Containing these Playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse, volume II, London: Printed for Richard Meighen, published 1640, OCLC 221338962, pages 72 and 79:
Further reading
- despect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911..
- despect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913..
Middle English
Etymology
See English despect.
Adjective
despect
- Humble, looked down upon, lowly.
Noun
despect
- Despect (“contempt, derision”).
References
- “despect, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2016-05-11.
- “despect, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2016-05-11.
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despise
English
Etymology
From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin d?spicere, present active infinitive of d?spici? (“I look down upon, despise, scorn”), from d? (“down”) + speci? (“I look at, behold”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??spa?z/
- Rhymes: -a?z
Verb
despise (third-person singular simple present despises, present participle despising, simple past and past participle despised)
- To regard with contempt or scorn.
- To disregard or ignore.
Synonyms
- contemn
- disdain
- scorn
- See also Thesaurus:despise
Antonyms
- admire
- cherish
- honor
- respect
- treasure
Derived terms
- despisal
- despicable
Related terms
- despect
- despection
Translations
See also
- vilipend
Further reading
- despise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- despise in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pedesis
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