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irregardless | despite |

As an adjective irregardless

is (proscribed|nonstandard|sometimes|humorous) regardless, irrespective.

As a noun despite is

(obsolete) disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.

As a preposition despite is

in spite of, notwithstanding.

As a verb despite is

(obsolete) to vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.

irregardless

English

(wikipedia irregardless)

Adjective

(-)
  • (proscribed, nonstandard, sometimes, humorous) Regardless, irrespective.
  • * 1875 , Knights Templar (Masonic order) Reed Commandery, No. 6 (Dayton, Ohio), Grand Excursion to New Orleans
    • Dear loved ones were unceremoniously hurried off home, irregardless to any previous arrangement, where they could sit down and recount the incidents of the trip to those who had been left behind
  • * 1898 , John Murray, Memorials of John Murray of Broughton: Sometime Secretary to Prince Charles Edward, 1740-1747 , page 160, printed at the University Press by T. and A. Constable for the Scottish History Society
    • Mr. Mcg., far from being unsusceptable of flattery, irregardless of his own private interest, readily assented, and had a paper dictated to him to the following purpose:
  • * 1995 January, Katalin É. Kiss (editor), Discourse Configurational Languages , page 67, Oxford University Press, USA
    • Object resumptive pronouns corresponding to arguments must always occur... irregardless of the presence and position of the full coindexed object nps.
  • * 2003 December 22, Judge Wallace, Jonathan C. Shaw v. Cal Terhune , No. 02-16829, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    • the crime by definition allowed for the prosecution of both defendants irregardless of which defendant physically pulled the trigger.
  • * 2005 February, Karim Murji and John Solomos, Racialization: Studies In Theory And Practice , page 38, Oxford University Press
    • Again following Runciman, whether we agree with the biological race concept or not, its continued formal and informal salience confirms that competing racial understandings exist irregardless of whether they are valid truths or subjective speculations.

    Usage notes

    * Although well attested, this term is widely regarded as a nonstandard and incorrect. Its use is discouraged by many speakers, who consider it inappropriate in virtually any formal setting, except quoted dialog.

    Synonyms

    * (regardless) irrespective, regardless

    Quotations

    *

    See also

    * developmentation * irregardful English words affected by prescriptivism

    despite

    English

    Alternative forms

    * despight (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
  • *Bible, Ezekiel xxv. 6
  • *:all thy despite against the land of Israel
  • *1599 , (Much Ado About Nothing), by (William Shakespeare),
  • *:DON PEDRO. Thou wast ever an obstinate heretic in the despite of beauty.
  • (archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
  • *:
  • *:he asked kynge Arthur yf he wold gyue hym leue to ryde after Balen and to reuenge the despyte' that he had done / Doo your best said Arthur I am right wroth said Balen I wold he were quyte of the ' despyte that he hath done to me and to my Courte
  • *Milton
  • *:a despite done against the Most High
  • Evil feeling; malice, spite.

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • In spite of, notwithstanding.
  • * 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet III :
    • So thou through windows of thine age shall see
    Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time.
  • * 1592–1609 , William Shakespeare, Sonnet XIX :
    • Yet, do thy worst, old Time: despite thy wrong,
    My love shall in my verse ever live young.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}

    Derived terms

    * despiteful

    Verb

    (despit)
  • (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
    • (Sir Walter Raleigh)

    Anagrams

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