Spight
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spight is a noun meaning Alternative form of speight.
Meaning
Alternative form of speight.
More Meanings
- Obsolete spelling of spite.
Example Sentences
--Nothing did I enjoy on the road;--in spight of my endeavours, tears stream'd from my eyes incessantly;--even the fine prospects that courted attention, pass'd unnotic'd.
[…] when ſpight of comorand deuouring Time, / Th' endeuour of this preſent breath may buy: / That honour which ſhall bate his ſcythes keene edge, / And make vs heyres of all eternitie.
There was music; and the door being left at jar, as we call it, I watched the wretched servant who staid in the antichamber, and found that he was listening in spight of sorrow and starving.
When I found Cuckolds to Encrease apace, I Marry'd one with such an Ugly Face That one wou'd thought the Devil wou'd but grotch So foul a Figure as my Wife to touch; Yet being at a Friendly Club one Night, A Raskal came and Cuckol'd me for spight.
Word Forms
- spights
- spighting
- spighted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include speight, spittle, spaw, spence, spell, spaid.
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