DISPRIZE

Etymology

Verb

disprize (third-person singular simple present disprizes, present participle disprizing, simple past and past participle disprized)

(transitive, archaic) To depreciate.

Dishevel sweet thy yellow hair, / Whose ray does burnish'd gold disprize.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*prize", v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dispraise.]

Definition: To do preciate. [R.] Cotton (Ode to Lydia).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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