maugre
See also: maugré
English
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editEtymology
editFrom 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
editmaugre
- (obsolete) Notwithstanding; in spite of. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale (ed. Skeat):
- He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed;
- 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology[1], volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 31:
- He chains the Deev in the centre of the mountain, and at the suit of Merjân 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.
- c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale (ed. Skeat):
Synonyms
edit- despite, regardless of; see also Thesaurus:despite
Translations
editin spite of — see in spite of
Adverb
editmaugre (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
editmaugre (uncountable)
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