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despisal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-spisal
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Contempt; scornful hatred.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English despise Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English despisal From despise + -al.

Usage

Inflected Forms

despisals (plural)

Synonyms

despising

Rhymes With

reprisal izle

Questions

What does despisal mean?
Contempt; scornful hatred.
Where does despisal come from?
Etymology tree English despise Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English despisal From despise + -al.

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