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despise(2) (iou)



despise verb. ME.
[Old French despis- pres. stem of Old French despire, from Latin despicere, from de- DE- 1 + specere look.]
verb trans. Regard as inferior or worthless; feel contempt for. ME.
D. Runyon He hates and despises cheaters at cards, or dice. E. Ferber One of the vaqueros who still despised the jeep or Ford as a means of locomotion.
b. Scorn or disdain to do, that. Long rare. LME.
E. B. White I despise to go anywhere.
verb intrans. Look down (up)on, up, above. Only in ME.
verb trans. Treat with contempt; disregard. ME-M17.
despisal noun the act of despising; contempt: M17.
despisement noun (arch.) contempt, scorn E17.
despiser noun ME.
despisingly adverb scornfully, contemptuously L16.

epidermal ridge count (medicine)


epidermal ridge count


An index of the frequency of sweat pores on the fingertips by enumeration along a set of arbitrarily defined lines; a classic example of a galtonian trait determined almost exclusively by genetic factors.