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English

Noun

despection (uncountable)

1. A looking down upon.

Anagrams

• deceptions

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)

1. (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)

1. (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.

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

1. Humble, looked down upon, lowly.

Noun

despect

1. 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.