disesteem
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌdɪsəˈstiːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editdisesteem (uncountable)
- Lack of esteem; disregard.
- 1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:
- Disesteem and contempt of the public affairs.
Verb
editdisesteem (third-person singular simple present disesteems, present participle disesteeming, simple past and past participle disesteemed)
- To hold little or no esteem for; to consider worthless.
References
edit- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 130