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despisable (s.xii1)
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despisable (s.xii1)

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despesable;  dispisable  
  FEW:  despicere 3,55a Gdf:  despisable 2,629c GdfC: ∅ TL: despisable 2,1697 DEAF:  despire (despisable)  DMF:  despisable  TLF: ∅ OED:  despisable adj.  MED:  despisable adj.  DMLBS:  despicabilis 632a

a.

1contemptible: 
( s.xii1; MS: 1155-60 )  Petiz je sui e despisables (Latin: contemptibilis)  230.CXVIII.141
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  A qui la loi est despisable, S’oureison est abhominable  10407
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  devant iço ert ele (=Tree of the Cross) horrible e despisable, despuis est honuree e succurable  ii 30
( c.1275; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Taunt cum plus est despysable Le prelat, taunt est plus plesable La humblesce du bon obedient  2571
2contemptuous, scornful: 
( c.1339 )  se nul denzein die [...] tiels dispisables paroles, soit amercié [...]  ii 22

s.

contemptible person: 
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  Dunt pr[e]echeors sunt noté Ki de povre gent furent né. Si despisables les eslut Pur suples queors K’en elx conuit  5659

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despicable 
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