Despise
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- To regard with contempt or scorn.
- Jessica and her brother Robert both despised modesty, so they always made sure to show as much skin as possible.
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Etymology
From Middle English despisen, from Old French despis-, stem of despire, from Latin despicere, present active infinitive of dēspiciō (“I look down upon, despise, scorn”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”). Pronunciation
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Derived terms
- despicable
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Dicta
- Gustave Flaubert, in a letter to George Sand, said: "I believe, that the mob, the mass, the herd, will always be despicable."
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