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despisements

despisements is the plural of despisement.

Meaning of despisement

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

Questions about despisements

What is despisements the plural of?
Despisements is the plural of despisement.

Words near despisements in the dictionary

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

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