Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To fail to regard with deserved esteem.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lack of esteem; disrespect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Want of esteem; disrespect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic Lack of
esteem ;disrespect .
Etymologies
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Compare French mésestime.
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Examples
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"My good friend, Sexwolf," quoth the Norman in very tolerable Saxon, "I pray you not so to misesteem us.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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