† vilipensionn.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete.
a. The action or fact of contemning or despising.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of holding in contempt
indignationc1374
contemning1457
scorninga1475
vilipensionc1485
disprizing1500
despitinga1529
vilipending1566
disesteeming1605
floccinaucinihilipilification1741
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) ix. 74 Mekle lauchter..engenderis vilipensioun–and lichtlynes quhen jt excedis.
a1513 W. Dunbar Tabill of Confessioun in Poems (1998) I. 271 I haue synnit in..hie exaltit arrogance..derisioun, scorne and vilipencioun.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 512 With so grit schame and lak, In vilipentioun of the nobill blude.
1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 386 Committand heirthrow..contemptioun and vilipensioun of his authoritie and lawis.
1602 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. VI. 377 In grittar contempt and vilipensioun of his Majestie.
1651 in A. Macdonald & J. Dennistoun Misc. Maitland Club (1843) III. ii. 274 In vilepension of his precious blwd sched for me and mankynd.
b. The condition of being despised.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun]
contemptc1430
contemnment1502
vilipension1538
despisedness1587
1538 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) III. 6 The very occasioner and author off the vilipension and contempt that I am yn.
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