disprize

[ dis-prahyz ]
/ dɪsˈpraɪz /

verb (used with object), dis·prized, dis·priz·ing.

to hold in small esteem; disdain.

Origin of disprize

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

Words nearby disprize

dispossess, dispossessed, disposure, dispraise, dispread, disprize, disproof, disproportion, disproportional, disproportionate, disproportionation

Example sentences from the Web for disprize

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

    Bat Wing Bowles |Dane Coolidge

British Dictionary definitions for disprize

disprize
/ (dɪsˈpraɪz) /

verb

(tr) archaic to scorn; disdain