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单词 vilipend
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vilipend

[ vil-uh-pend ]
/ ˈvɪl əˌpɛnd /
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verb (used with object)

to regard or treat as of little value or account.
to vilify; depreciate.

Origin of vilipend

1425–75; late Middle English <Late Latin vīlipendere, equivalent to Latin vīli(s) cheap (see vile) + pendere to consider (see pensive)

OTHER WORDS FROM vilipend

vil·i·pend·er, noun

Words nearby vilipend

Vila, Vila Nova de Gaia, vilayet, vile, vilify, vilipend, vill, villa, Villach, villadom, village
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Example sentences from the Web for vilipend

  • "You are not to vilipend my counsel," said he one day to a foreign envoy.

    The Life of John of Barneveld, 1609-15, Volume I.|John Lothrop Motley

British Dictionary definitions for vilipend

vilipend
/ (ˈvɪlɪˌpɛnd) /

verb (tr) rare

to treat or regard with contempt
to speak slanderously or slightingly of

Derived forms of vilipend

vilipender, noun

Word Origin for vilipend

C15: from Late Latin vīlipendere, from Latin vīlis worthless + pendere to esteem
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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