Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Despection; contempt.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Contempt.
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- noun
contempt
Etymologies
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From Latin despectus ("a looking down upon, contempt"), from despicere ("to down upon, despise, scorn"), from de ("down") + specere ("to look at, behold").
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Examples
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A jeweller may devote his whole time to jewels unblamed; but the mere amateur, who grounds his taste on no chemical or geological idea, cannot claim the same exemption from despect.
Literary Remains, Volume 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803
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