despite
Sentences
Meaning
-
In spite of, notwithstanding.
Synonyms
in spite
maugre
even with
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dɪˈspaɪt/
Etymology
In summary
The noun is from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). The preposition is from Middle English dispit, from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of).
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