despeccioun - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

dē̆specciǒun n.

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Entry Info

Forms	dē̆specciǒun n.
Etymology	L & OF

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.

Contempt, scorn; maken ~ to, to treat (sb.) scornfully or spitefully.

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Associated quotations

a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)782 : Of goode guydyng..Sewith worship..Of vnthriftynesse is despeccion.
a1500(a1475) Ashby Dicta (Cmb Mm.4.42)918 : Yf ye propose to make despeccion To youre enemy bi any greuance [etc.].

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?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham1433 : Whoeuer wolde haue wende that the worschyppe and fauour..sculde be turned to seche confusyon and despexion as it is nowe?
?1482 Rev.Monk Eynsham1905 : The comyn euyl and peynys that thes thre ware in, was for the neglygens of soulys the whiche they had cure of, and for the gret carke that they had of her riches and despexion of pore pepul.

Note: Cf. OED despection, n.

Note: Glossary: "~ of 'contempt for'."

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