Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
misprise . - See
misprise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete See
misprize . - transitive verb obsolete To mistake.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Alternative spelling of
misprize .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word misprise.
Examples
-
There is nothing to be done with an adventure which has become a misprise than to enjoy it that way instead.
London River 1915
-
At which I did naturally discover the great misprise of those varlets who had taken me for my dear Lord, whom I now damned in my heart for changing of the cloaks!
Condensed Novels: New Burlesques Bret Harte 1869
-
Elsewhere we find him using misprise correctly as a synonym for despise.
-
The only work I’ve seen him seriously misprise is Bolano’s _Savage Detectives_.
The ‘woefully incompetent’ and ‘pugnacious’ André Alexis 2010
-
"You do give warranty as a good knight and true, as well as by the bones of the blessed St. Ursula, that you bear no ill will, secret enmity, wicked misprise or conspiracy, against the body of our noble lord and master Von Kolnsche?
The Twins of Table Mountain Bret Harte 1869
-
I hope Mr. Calvert has not caused you to misprise our plain New-England youths.”
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.