despect

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Contempt, derision.

   “The majority of the most famous botanists of the 17th century raised their eyebrows in despect of this hypothesis of sex in plants as a new chimera and a ridiculous mental abortion of some persons who wanted to impress and delude the learned world.”

2. fiil To hold in contempt, to despise, to look down on, to scorn.

   “[…] wears, like our little friend of Karta-pu, an eared baby-bunting bonnet, sewn and embroidered to represent the mask of a tiger if looked down on from above; so that the jealous gods, despecting, see a beast and not a baby, and pass it by accordingly.”