misprize

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English

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Etymology

From Middle French mespriser (verb), mespris (noun).

Pronunciation

Verb

misprize (third-person singular simple present misprizes, present participle misprizing, simple past and past participle misprized)

  1. To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
      Nature neuer fram'd a womans heart,
      Of prowder stuffe then that of Beatrice:
      Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eyes,
      Mis-prizing what they looke on […].

Noun

misprize (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Contempt.