misprize

or mis·prise

[ mis-prahyz ]
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verb (used with object),mis·prized, mis·priz·ing.
  1. to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.

Origin of misprize

1
1300–50; Middle English misprise<Middle French mesprisier, equivalent to mes-mis-1 + prisier to prize2

Other words from misprize

  • mis·priz·er, noun

Words Nearby misprize

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How to use misprize in a sentence

  • Yet she would not speak her thought, lest he should misprize her.

  • He could not conceive how a girl possessed of ordinary faculties could possibly misprize her father's gifts.

    Brooke's Daughter | Adeline Sergeant
  • People are too apt to misprize this sort of politeness of mere habit; yet, as far as it goes, it is an excellent thing.

  • Yet I would not misprize the cats of Seville, which apparently have their money price.

    Familiar Spanish Travels | W. D. Howells
  • But of course she wasn't; youth will ever misprize till it must mourn its blessings.

    Nobody | Louis Joseph Vance

British Dictionary definitions for misprize

misprize

misprise

/ (mɪsˈpraɪz) /


verb
  1. to fail to appreciate the value of; undervalue or disparage

Origin of misprize

1
C15: from Old French mesprisier, from mes- mis- 1 + prisier to prize ²

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