disprize

[dis-prahyz]

verb (used with object)

disprized, disprizing 

1. to hold in small esteem; disdain.

disprize

/ dɪsˈpraɪz /

verb

1. archaic,  (tr) to scorn; disdain

Word History and Origins

Origin of disprize¹

1425–75; late Middle English disprisen < Anglo-French, Middle French despriser, late variant of despreis ( i ) er to dispraise

Example Sentences

Disprize, dis-prīz′, v.t. to set a low price upon: to undervalue.

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And especially from Dixie, the capricious; otherwise, she might win him by a glance and a smile, and then disprize him forever.

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You disprize your easy one For some one's high and breezy one.

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It gives one such a superior air to disprize with easy scorn this greatest of the Gateways of the World.

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