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Misesteem

//ˌmɪsɪsˈtiːm// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of esteem; disrespect. archaic, uncountable

    "The daily sight of this my sovereign's sweet humility, and his detachment from earthly things, works in me a contagious misesteem for this brief life […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To hold in the wrong esteem; to disrespect. transitive

    "Whatever man he be that dares to deem True poet's skill to spring of earthly race, I must him tell, that he doth misesteem Their strange estate, and eke himself disgrace By his rude ignorance."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From mis- + esteem. Compare French mésestime.

Etymology 2

From mis- + esteem. Compare French mésestime.

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