† despisen.

Etymology: probably < Old French despiz, despis, nominative of despit , despite n., but taking the form of an Engl. derivative of despise v.

Obsolete.

= despite n.; contempt, despising.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun]

scornc1175

scarec1275

disdainc1290

forhoghta1300

despite1340

unworthhead1340

unworthness1340

despising1382

byscorn1387

contempta1393

daina1400

dedignationc1400

vilityc1430

despisec1440

contemption1467

lightliness1479

despection1482

misprisement1483

misprizing1485

contemnment1502

fastidie1536

misprize1590

misprision1592

sdeign1595

misprisal1596

despisement1603

disesteem1603

disestimation1619

despiciency1623

despect1624

disopinion1625

under-opinion1629

despisal1650

parvipension1675

sneer1791

misesteem1832

despication1837

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 120 Despyse [MSS. K.H.P. despyte], contemptus, despeccio.

c1510 Remors of Conscyence (de Worde) sig. a.iii Man what doost thou with all thyse..Whiche is to me a grete despyse.

1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 226^v Occasion of despise and laughter.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

despisev.

/dɪˈspʌɪz/

Forms: Also Middle English dispice, Middle English–1500s despyse, dispyse, Middle English–1600s dispise, Middle English desspice, disspice, Middle English–1500s dyspyse.

Etymology: < stem despis- of Old French despire (despis-ant , qu'il despise , etc.), also despiss- , despisc- , despiç- < Latin dēspicĕre to look down (upon), < de- prefix 1a + specĕre to look. (There was also a later Old French despicer, despiser, after the Latin verb.) The s was originally spirant in French and English, whence the spelling -ice.

a. transitive. To look down upon; to view with contempt; to think scornfully or slightingly of.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)]

forhowc900

overhowOE

withhuheOE

forhecchec1230

scorna1275

despise1297

spise13..

to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303

to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320

to think scorn ofc1320

to set short by1377

to tell short of1377

to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390

spitea1400

contemnc1425

nought1440

overlooka1450

mainprizec1450

lightly1451

vilipendc1470

indeign1483

misprize1483

dain?1518

to look down on (also upon)1539

floccipend1548

contempta1555

to take scorn ata1566

embase1577

sdeign1590

disesteem1594

vilify1599

to set lightly, coldly1604

disrepute1611

to hold cheapa1616

avile1616

floccify1623

meprize1633

to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642

publican1648

naucify1653

disesteem1659

invalue1673

to set light, at light1718

sneeze1806

sniff1837

derry1896

to hold no brief for1918

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 31 Þou ne louest me noȝt..Ac despisest me in myn olde liue.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 84 To be prynces of prude and pouerte to dispice.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 6 Crist seiþ..he þat dispiciþ ȝow dispisiþ Me.

1483 Cath. Angl. 101 To Disspice: contempnere.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 236 This you should pittie, rather then despise .

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fiij^v Thus fooles admire what wisest men despiseth.

1611 Bible (King James) Isa. liii. 3 He is despised and reiected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 14 These are the Heroes that despise the Dutch.

1724 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 43 This was not an enemy to be despised.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 143 The foremost men of the eighteenth century despised Joan of Arc,..for the same reason which made them despise Gothic architecture.

1895 N.E.D. at Despise Mod. A salary not to be despised, as things go.

†b. with infinitive or clause. To scorn or disdain to do, that. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 231/2 They dyspyseden to make sacrefyse.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. f You denyed and dispysed to come.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 8^v Despisand to do as the seruand of God Samuel commandit him.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ss3^v Men haue dispised to be conuersant in ordinary and common matters.

1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 164 Thus the strange Princesse departed..dispising any passion but loue should dare to thinke of ruling in her.

†2. intransitive. To look down (on, upon; up, above).

ΚΠ

a1325 Prose Psalter liii[i] 7 Myn eȝe despised vp myn enemys [L. super inimicos meos despexit].

1388 J. Wyclif Bible: Psalms liii. 7 Myn iȝe dispiside on myn enemyes.

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 30 A bouen myn enemyes despisede myn eye.

†3.

a. transitive. To exhibit contempt for; to treat with contempt in word or action. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt

unworthc950

to make scorn at, toc1320

to take in vainc1330

despise1377

rebuke?a1400

despite1481

indign1490

to make a mumming of1523

flock1545

scandalize1566

to make coarse account of1578

misregard1582

overpeer1583

to make a pish at (also of)1593

to make a push at1600

to bite by the nose1602

blurta1625

to piss ona1625

to make wash-way of, with1642

trample1646

huff1677

snouch1761

to walk over (the course)1779

to run over ——1816

snoot1928

shaft1959

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 54 Aȝein such salomon speketh and dispiseth her wittes.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf.) Prol. 135 To singe of him, and in hir song dispyse The foule cherl.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 127/2 The poure man..began to chyde and dyspyse hym in his vysage by cause he had no more almesse.

1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke xxiii. 11 And Herode..with his men of warre, despised him, and mocked hym. [So Wyclif, Tindale, etc.; Rhem. and 1611, set him at naught.]

†b. figurative. Of things: To set at nought, disregard.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist > resist completely (of things)

despisea1398

scorn1648

defy1715

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. viii. 833 Þough it [sc. Adamans] dispise fire and iren, it is ybroke wiþ newe hoote blood.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 170 In bareine lande to sette or foster vynes Dispiseth alle the labour and expence.

1666 E. Stillingfleet Serm. Fire London in Wks. (1710) I. 6 [The fire]..despised all the resistance [which] could be made by the strength of the buildings.

4. [‘To look upon; contemplate’: an error of modern dictionaries]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	despise
释义	† despisen. Etymology: probably < Old French despiz, despis, nominative of despit , despite n., but taking the form of an Engl. derivative of despise v. Obsolete. = despite n.; contempt, despising. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] scornc1175 scarec1275 disdainc1290 forhoghta1300 despite1340 unworthhead1340 unworthness1340 despising1382 byscorn1387 contempta1393 daina1400 dedignationc1400 vilityc1430 despisec1440 contemption1467 lightliness1479 despection1482 misprisement1483 misprizing1485 contemnment1502 fastidie1536 misprize1590 misprision1592 sdeign1595 misprisal1596 despisement1603 disesteem1603 disestimation1619 despiciency1623 despect1624 disopinion1625 under-opinion1629 despisal1650 parvipension1675 sneer1791 misesteem1832 despication1837 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 120 Despyse [MSS. K.H.P. despyte], contemptus, despeccio. c1510 Remors of Conscyence (de Worde) sig. a.iii Man what doost thou with all thyse..Whiche is to me a grete despyse. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (rev. ed.) iv. f. 226^v Occasion of despise and laughter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). despisev. /dɪˈspʌɪz/ Forms: Also Middle English dispice, Middle English–1500s despyse, dispyse, Middle English–1600s dispise, Middle English desspice, disspice, Middle English–1500s dyspyse. Etymology: < stem despis- of Old French despire (despis-ant , qu'il despise , etc.), also despiss- , despisc- , despiç- < Latin dēspicĕre to look down (upon), < de- prefix 1a + specĕre to look. (There was also a later Old French despicer, despiser, after the Latin verb.) The s was originally spirant in French and English, whence the spelling -ice. 1. a. transitive. To look down upon; to view with contempt; to think scornfully or slightingly of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] forhowc900 overhowOE withhuheOE forhecchec1230 scorna1275 despise1297 spise13.. to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303 to hold, have scorn at, ofc1320 to think scorn ofc1320 to set short by1377 to tell short of1377 to set naught or nought (nothing, not anything) by1390 spitea1400 contemnc1425 nought1440 overlooka1450 mainprizec1450 lightly1451 vilipendc1470 indeign1483 misprize1483 dain?1518 to look down on (also upon)1539 floccipend1548 contempta1555 to take scorn ata1566 embase1577 sdeign1590 disesteem1594 vilify1599 to set lightly, coldly1604 disrepute1611 to hold cheapa1616 avile1616 floccify1623 meprize1633 to think (also believe, etc.) meanly of1642 publican1648 naucify1653 disesteem1659 invalue1673 to set light, at light1718 sneeze1806 sniff1837 derry1896 to hold no brief for1918 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 31 Þou ne louest me noȝt..Ac despisest me in myn olde liue. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iii. 84 To be prynces of prude and pouerte to dispice. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 6 Crist seiþ..he þat dispiciþ ȝow dispisiþ Me. 1483 Cath. Angl. 101 To Disspice: contempnere. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream iii. ii. 236 This you should pittie, rather then despise . View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Fiij^v Thus fooles admire what wisest men despiseth. 1611 Bible (King James) Isa. liii. 3 He is despised and reiected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with griefe. View more context for this quotation 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman i. 14 These are the Heroes that despise the Dutch. 1724 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 43 This was not an enemy to be despised. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire iii. 143 The foremost men of the eighteenth century despised Joan of Arc,..for the same reason which made them despise Gothic architecture. 1895 N.E.D. at Despise Mod. A salary not to be despised, as things go. †b. with infinitive or clause. To scorn or disdain to do, that. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 231/2 They dyspyseden to make sacrefyse. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. f You denyed and dispysed to come. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 8^v Despisand to do as the seruand of God Samuel commandit him. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ss3^v Men haue dispised to be conuersant in ordinary and common matters. View more context for this quotation 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 164 Thus the strange Princesse departed..dispising any passion but loue should dare to thinke of ruling in her. †2. intransitive. To look down (on, upon; up, above). ΚΠ a1325 Prose Psalter liii[i] 7 Myn eȝe despised vp myn enemys [L. super inimicos meos despexit]. 1388 J. Wyclif Bible: Psalms liii. 7 Myn iȝe dispiside on myn enemyes. a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 30 A bouen myn enemyes despisede myn eye. †3. a. transitive. To exhibit contempt for; to treat with contempt in word or action. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt unworthc950 to make scorn at, toc1320 to take in vainc1330 despise1377 rebuke?a1400 despite1481 indign1490 to make a mumming of1523 flock1545 scandalize1566 to make coarse account of1578 misregard1582 overpeer1583 to make a pish at (also of)1593 to make a push at1600 to bite by the nose1602 blurta1625 to piss ona1625 to make wash-way of, with1642 trample1646 huff1677 snouch1761 to walk over (the course)1779 to run over ——1816 snoot1928 shaft1959 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 54 Aȝein such salomon speketh and dispiseth her wittes. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Fairf.) Prol. 135 To singe of him, and in hir song dispyse The foule cherl. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 127/2 The poure man..began to chyde and dyspyse hym in his vysage by cause he had no more almesse. 1557 Bible (Whittingham) Luke xxiii. 11 And Herode..with his men of warre, despised him, and mocked hym. [So Wyclif, Tindale, etc.; Rhem. and 1611, set him at naught.] †b. figurative. Of things: To set at nought, disregard. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist > resist completely (of things) despisea1398 scorn1648 defy1715 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. viii. 833 Þough it [sc. Adamans] dispise fire and iren, it is ybroke wiþ newe hoote blood. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 170 In bareine lande to sette or foster vynes Dispiseth alle the labour and expence. 1666 E. Stillingfleet Serm. Fire London in Wks. (1710) I. 6 [The fire]..despised all the resistance [which] could be made by the strength of the buildings. 4. [‘To look upon; contemplate’: an error of modern dictionaries] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1440v.1297
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