despit

Probably borrowed from Middle French despit.

• IPA^(key): /des̺pit/ [d̪es̺.pit̪]

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• Rhymes: -es̺pit, -it
• Hyphenation: des‧pit

despit

1. (Northern) [with genitive] despite, in spite of

despit inan

1. (Northern) spite, hatred

   Synonyms: hisi, mespretxu

• “despit”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “despit”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Latin despectus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəsˈpit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [desˈpit]

despit m (plural despits)

1. spite

• a despit de
• despitar
• despitós

• “despit”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “despit”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “despit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “despit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French despit.

despit m (plural despis)

1. contempt (scorn, disdain)

• French: dépit