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English
Adjective
despitous (comparative more despitous, superlative most despitous)
- Obsolete form of despiteous.
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
despitous
- contemptuous, haughty
- spiteful and cruel
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
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William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
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