| 单词 | in spite of a person's head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin spite of a person's head f. in spite of a person's head (formerly also †spite of a person's head): in spite of, or in defiance of, a person. Cf. earlier maugre a person's head at maugre prep. 2. Now rare (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > despite everything nathemorea1200 in spite of a person's head?a1475 malgré tout1852 ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 368 (MED) The disciplis..makyn..this merthe in spyth of oure hed. ?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew (v) f. xlvv To serue their ennemyes and to obeye their cruelnesse and tyrannye spyte of their heedes in nede and necessite. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 114 He gaue them all to the French men in spight of their heades. 1905 C. Housman Life Sir Aglovale de Galis x. 100 I cannot allow your presumption that therefore you may riot like a rascal knave in spite of my head. < as lemmas |
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