"despitous" meaning in Middle English

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Adjective

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  1. contemptuous, haughty
    Sense id: en-despitous-enm-adj-0t-VuaKS
  2. spiteful and cruel
    Sense id: en-despitous-enm-adj-dlSEV89a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: despitously
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