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despiteous, a.|dɪsˈpɪtɪəs|
Forms: 5 dispitious, -pyteous, 5–6 despituous, 5–7 dispiteous, 6 dispit-, -pytuous, -pighteous, despyteous, 6– despiteous.
[Late ME. variant of despitous, from its spelling specially associated with piteous († pituous), and so giving rise to a differentiated form, dispiteous.]
1. orig. = despitous: full of despite, contempt, or ill-will; contemptuous, opprobrious. arch.
14..Chaucer's Knt.'s T. 919 (Harl. MS. a 1425) A proud dispitious man. [6 texts des-, dispitous.] 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 14/1 Derysions despituous. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. vi. xi. (W. de W.) 196 Prowde and stoute and dyspiteous. 1529More Supplic. Soulys Wks. 289/1 Despyteous and despiteful persone. 1529― Dyaloge iv. ibid. 258/1 Now is it to pyghteouse a sight to se the dispytuous dispyghtes done there..to god and al good men. 1532― Confut. Tindale ibid. 354/2 Tindalles develishe prowde dispituouse hearte. 1548Udall etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xx. 11 With much despiteous language. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 412 A rayling and despighteous speech of Scaliger. 1888Morris Dream of John Ball iv. 30 The proud, despiteous rich man.
b. (erroneous.)
1623Cockeram, Despituous, contemptible, vile.
2. Spiteful, malevolent, cruel; passing gradually into the sense: Pitiless, merciless, dispiteous.
c1510More Picus Wks. 25 To thy moste vtter dispiteous enemies. 1513― in Grafton Chron. II. 758 He was close and secret..despiteous & cruell. 1520Caxton's Chron. Eng. v. 47 b/2 They shall.. put them to dyspyteous dethe [1480 dyspitous deth]. 1549Chaloner tr. Erasm. Moriæ Enc. P ij b, Warre is so cruell and despiteous a thyng. a1557M. Basset More's Treat. Passion Wks. 1372/2 The dyspighteous and horrible ende of Judas. 1568C. Watson Polyb. 92 b, The Carthaginenses having knowledge of the Crueltie shewed to their citizens..bewailed the despituous death and cruel torments they susteined. 1595Shakes. John iv. i. 34 Turning dispitious torture out of doore? 1596Spenser F.Q. i. ii. 15 Spurring so hote with rage dispiteous. 1600Holland Livy xxviii. xx. 683 b, For very despiteous anger and deepe hatred. [19th c. see dispiteous.] |