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Webster 1913 Edition
Dispiteous
Dis-pit′e-ous
,Adj.
Full of despite; cruel; spiteful; pitiless.
Spenser.
– Dis-pit′e-ous-ly
, adv.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Dispiteous
DISPITEOUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
dispiteous
dispiteous
English
Adjective
dispiteous (comparative more dispiteous, superlative most dispiteous)
- Without mercy or pity; pitiless, cruel.
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1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- “The unerring owls have hooted. The dispiteous and humorous gods have spoken.”
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1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson: