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despisement

despisement noun: contempt, despisal.

Noun

despisement (countable and uncountable, plural despisements)

  1. contempt, despisal
    • Much feeding upon flesh and liberal drinking of wine, maketh (I must needs say) the body able and strong, but the mind feeble and weak. Likewise, the continual and excessive care both in getting and keeping goods, may well augment riches and increase our substance: but surely it is the contempt and...1603 [c. 100 CE], Philemon Holland, “Of the Tranquillity and Contentment of Mind”, in Plutarch's Moral Essays, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, translation of Moralia by Plutarch, published 1911, pages...
    Synonyms:
    contempt

Synonyms of despisement

Forms of despisement

pluraldespisements

Origin of despisement

From despise + -ment.

Questions about despisement

What does despisement mean?
Despisement means contempt, despisal.
What part of speech is despisement?
Despisement is a noun.
What is the plural of despisement?
The plural of despisement is despisements.

Words near despisement in the dictionary

  1. despisal
  2. despisals
  3. despise
  4. despised
  5. despisedness
  6. despisement
  7. despisements
  8. despiser
  9. despisers
  10. despises
  11. despisest

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