释义 |
despisement arch.|dɪˈspaɪzmənt| [a. OF. despisement (12th c. in Godef.), f. despire, despis-: see -ment.] The action of despising; contempt, scorn.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 155 Contempt and despisement of worldly wealth. 1886C. A. Briggs Messianic Proph. 398 Her days of oppression and despisement are over. 1887Critic X. 251/2 An uncomfortable sensation of familiarity bordering on ‘despisement’. |