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taxonomy | misprize |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and misprize

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while misprize is (obsolete|rare) contempt.

As a verb misprize is

to despise or hold in contempt; to undervalue.

taxonomy

English

(wikipedia taxonomy)

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

    • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    misprize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *mesprise *misprise

    Verb

    (mispriz)
  • 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 […].

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (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 […].

    • Related terms

    *misprision