despisable
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "c. 1530, uncredited translator, The Dialoges of Creatures Moralysed, Dialogue 110, And forasmoche as we be so Noble of owr natyf kynde / let vs pursewe such beastis as be vyle & despisable."
- "the Jewish Nation, though scattered through the whole World, are not therefore a despisable people, but as a Plant worthy to be planted in the whole world"
- "[…] Meekness, Condescension, Forbearance, are so far from being despisable Qualities in our Sex, that they are the Glory of it."
- "1821, James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy, London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822, Volume 1, Chapter 11, p. 297, “but now he is nothing more than despisable, or what’s the same thing, a pedlar without house, pack, or money.”"
Etymology
From Middle English despisable, from Old French.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: despisable, -
Usage
Inflected Forms
more despisable (comparative)
most despisable (superlative)
despiseable (alternative)