Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
misprize .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Contempt; scorn.
- noun obsolete Misadventure; ill-success.
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- noun obsolete
contempt ;scorn - noun obsolete
misadventure ; lack ofsuccess
Etymologies
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Old French mespris, French mépris. See misprize.
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Examples
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“Mr. Western,” answered the lady, “you may say what you please, je vous mesprise de tout mon coeur. 52 I shall not therefore be angry. —
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"Mr Western," answered the lady, "you may say what you please, _je vous mesprise de tout mon coeur.
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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