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despicability

despicability noun: despicableness.

Noun

despicability (uncountable)

  1. Despicableness.
    • Thoſe in accio and ozzo, indicate bigneſs as well as wickedneſs and deſpicability.1778, Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, A Grammar of the Italian Language, J. Nourse, pages 38–39
    • Its short hind legs give a most ungainly gait, though it runs with surprising speed when pursued. Its unearthly howl adds to its despicability.1901, Wallace Rice, Animals: a Popular Natural History of Wild Beasts, Duffield and Co., published 1909, page 112

Questions about despicability

What does despicability mean?
Despicability means despicableness.
What part of speech is despicability?
Despicability is a noun.

Words near despicability in the dictionary

  1. desperatest
  2. desperation
  3. desperational
  4. desperations
  5. Despers
  6. despicability
  7. despicable
  8. despicableness
  9. despicablenesses
  10. despicables
  11. despicably

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