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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

despitous

, OF.

despiteus

, fr.

despit

; affected in form by E.

piteous

. See

Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.

[Obs.]

“Despiteous reproaches.”

Holland.

Adj.

Malicious.

despiteous ‎(comparative more despiteous, superlative most despiteous)