maugre
/ˈmɔɡɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed; […]"
- "In my mind it is a ſign of a great deal of natural Integrity and inbred Nobleneſs of ſpirit, that maugre the heavineſs of his Complexion that thus ſtrongly bears him dovvn from apprehending ſo concerning Metaphyſicall Truths, yet he retains ſo vivid reſentments of the more sſolid Morality."
- "He chains the Deev in the centre of the mountain, and at the suit of Merjân hastens to attack another powerful Deev named Houdkonz; but here, alas! fortune deserts him, and, maugre his talismans and enchanted arms, the gallant Tahmuras falls beneath his foe."
- "cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]"
Etymology
From Middle English maugre, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure, grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: maugre, malgré, -, gratum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɔɡɚ/
- British English: /ˈmɔː.ɡə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
magre (alternative)
malgre (alternative)
mauger (alternative)
maulgre (alternative)
maugree (alternative)
Synonyms
despite
regardless of
with
for all
irrespective of
maugre
notwithstanding
in spite of
without considering
without regard for
even so
nonetheless