Maugre

//ˈmɔː.ɡə// adv, noun, prep

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ill will; spite. obsolete, uncountable
Adverb
  1. 1
    Notwithstanding, despite everything. not-comparable, obsolete

    "cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]"

Preposition
  1. 1
    In spite of, notwithstanding. obsolete

    "He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […]"

Synonyms

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all the samebutdespiteeven sofor allhaving said that

Example

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"He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English maugre, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure, grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum).

Related phrases

ill willin spite of

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