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vilipendency

vilipendency noun: disesteem; slight; disparagement or hate.

Noun

vilipendency (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, formal) disesteem; slight; disparagement or hate
    • The mighty Goliaths of Rome, by this way of vilipendency hope to give our clergy's flesh to be food for the fowls of the air.1653, Edward Waterhouse, A humble Apologie for Learning and Learned Men, page 149

Questions about vilipendency

What does vilipendency mean?
Vilipendency means disesteem; slight; disparagement or hate.
What part of speech is vilipendency?
Vilipendency is a noun.

Words near vilipendency in the dictionary

  1. viliorate
  2. viliorated
  3. viliorates
  4. vilipend
  5. vilipended
  6. vilipendency
  7. vilipender
  8. vilipenders
  9. vilipendeth
  10. vilipending
  11. vilipends

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