Despect

Quick meaning: Despect is a noun meaning (archaic) Contempt, derision.

Meaning

(archaic) Contempt, derision.

More Meanings

1. (archaic) To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn.

Example Sentences

Interpretative potential of the Middle Paleolithic, a type of industry too widely distributed over large surfaces of the North African desert landscapes, is usually considered with despect in the archaeological literature.

The majority of the most famous botanists of the 17th century raised their eyebrows in despect of this hypothesis of sex in plants as a new chimera and a ridiculous mental abortion of some persons who wanted to impress and delude the learned world.

[…] wears, like our little friend of Karta-pu, an eared baby-bunting bonnet, sewn and embroidered to represent the mask of a tiger if looked down on from above; so that the jealous gods, despecting, see a beast and not a baby, and pass it by accordingly.

In 488 A.D. the then very young, energetic, clever and deceitful king Kavadh succeeded to the throne. The rule was actually in the hands of the most powerful nobleman, Sokhra of the Karen family, who had won fame in the war against the Huns. Sokhra treated the young king with despect as a boy. The king's anger over Sokhra's treatment of him was exploited by another nobleman, Shapur of the Mihran family, who helped Kavadh to remove the regent.

Word Forms

• despects
• despecting
• despected

Antonyms for despect

Common opposites include respect.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disdain, disestimation, despection, despight, scorne, spurn.

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