despect

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English despect (“contempt, spite”), from Latin dēspectus (“a looking down upon, contempt”), from dēspicere (“to look down upon, despise, scorn”), from dē (“down”) + specere (“to look at, behold”), equivalent to de- +‎ -spect. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈspɛkt/ Rhymes: -ɛkt Hyphenation: de‧spect === Noun === despect (uncountable) (archaic) Contempt, derision. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:contempt ==== Antonyms ==== respect ==== Related terms ==== despection despective despicable despise ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== despite === Verb === despect (third-person singular simple present despects, present participle despecting, simple past and past participle despected) (archaic) To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn. c. 1633, Ben Jonson, A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy Composed by Ben: Iohnson. [...] London, Printed M.DC.XL [1640], in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. Containing these Playes, viz. 1 Bartholomew Fayre. 2 The Staple of Newes. 3 The Divell is an Asse, volume II, London: Printed for Richard Meighen, published 1640, OCLC 221338962, pages 72 and 79: [Act II, scene ii, page 72] Nay, but with patience, Sir, we that are Officers / Muſt 'quire the ſpeciall markes, and all the tokens / Of the deſpected parties, or perhaps – elſe, / Be nere the nere of our purpoſe in 'prehending 'hem. [Act III, scene i, page 79] Faith Goſſip Turfe, you have, you ſay, Remiſſion / To comprehend all ſuch, as are diſpected: / Now, would I make another privie ſearch / Through this Towne, and then you have zearch'd two towns. === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “despect”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.. “despect”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.. === Anagrams === spected == Middle English == === Etymology === See English despect. === Adjective === despect Humble, looked down upon, lowly. === Noun === despect Despect (“contempt, derision”). === References === “despect, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2016. “despect, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2016.