Despisable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Worthy to be despised. archaic
"c. 1530, uncredited translator, The Dialoges of Creatures Moralysed, Dialogue 110, And forasmoche as we be so Noble of owr natyf kynde / let vs pursewe such beastis as be vyle & despisable."
Example
More examples"c. 1530, uncredited translator, The Dialoges of Creatures Moralysed, Dialogue 110, And forasmoche as we be so Noble of owr natyf kynde / let vs pursewe such beastis as be vyle & despisable."
Etymology
From Middle English despisable, from Old French.
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