Disprized vs Misprized - What's the difference?
disprized | misprized |
(disprize)
Undervalued, disparaged.
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 252:
(misprize)
To despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.
*c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare), , First Folio 1621, III.1:
*:Nature neuer fram'd a womans heart,
*:Of prowder stuffe then that of Beatrice:
*:Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eyes,
*:Mis-prizing what they looke on […].
(obsolete, rare) Contempt.
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , IV.9:
*:He ment to make them know their follies prise, / Had not those two him instantly desired / T'asswage his wrath, and pardon their mesprise […].
As verbs the difference between disprized and misprized
is that disprized is (disprize) while misprized is (misprize).As an adjective disprized
is undervalued, disparaged.disprized
English
Alternative forms
* disprisedVerb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- This fellow Sutcliffe who is clinically suffering from an aggravated spleen due to the pangs of disprised love, much resembles the celebrated gentleman we find in Janet.