maugre
See also: maugré
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English maugre, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure, grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɔː.ɡə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɔɡɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)
Preposition edit
maugre
- (obsolete) Notwithstanding; in spite of. [from 14th c.]
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 31:
- He chains the Deev in the centre of the inountain, and at the suit of Merjan hastens to attack another powerful Deev named Houdkonz; but here, alas! fortune deserts him, and, maugre his talismans and enchanted arms, the gallant Tahmuras falls beneath his foe.
Synonyms edit
- despite, regardless of; see also Thesaurus:despite
Translations edit
in spite of — see in spite of
Adverb edit
maugre (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything. [14th–17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto xi:
- cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]
Synonyms edit
- even so, nonetheless, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless
Noun edit
maugre (uncountable)