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Webster 1913 Edition


Misesteem

Misˊes-teem′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
mésestime
.]
Want of esteem; disrespect.
Johnson.

Definition 2024


misesteem

misesteem

English

Noun

misesteem (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Lack of esteem; disrespect.
    • Georgina Fullerton
      The daily sight of this my sovereign's sweet humility, and his detachment from earthly things, works in me a contagious misesteem for this brief life []

Verb

misesteem (third-person singular simple present misesteems, present participle misesteeming, simple past and past participle misesteemed)

  1. To hold in the wrong esteem; to disrespect.