misprize
/mɪsˈprʌɪz
/verb [with object] rare
Fail to appreciate the value of (something); undervalue: their cultures have been misprized...
- It was masked as God's speaking directly to the human spirit, but it included misprizing of the corporeal in the way that they went about it.
- We must not see it as any misprizing of creation, as if any work of God could be evil.
- But if one assumes any of the natural roles, misprizing externals is no longer an option.
Origin
Late 15th century: from Old French mesprisier, from mes- 'wrongly' + prisier 'estimate the value of'.
Rhymes
- presbyterate
- presbyter-bishop
- presbyteress
- presbyterial
- Presbyterialist
- presbyterially
- Presbyterian
- Presbyterianise
- Presbyterianism
- Presbyterianize
- Presbyterianized
- Presbyterianizing
- Presbyterianly
- Presbyterism
- presbyterium
- Presbyter John
- presbytership
- presbytery
- presbytia
- presbytism
- presbytress
- presbytère
- presbytére
- prescaler
- prescapular