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noun a feeling of scornful hatred
originEtymology 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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