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despiteous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-spi-teous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.

adj

Dispiteous.

Etymology

From Middle English despitous, from Anglo-Norman despitous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more despiteous (comparative) most despiteous (superlative)

Derived Forms

despiteously

Questions

What does despiteous mean?
Full of contempt or ill will; opprobrious; insulting.
Where does despiteous come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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