VILIPEND


Meaning of VILIPEND in English

ˈviləˌpend verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English vilipenden, from Middle French vilipender, from Medieval Latin vilipendere, from Latin vilis cheap, base, vile + pendere to weigh, estimate — more at pendant

transitive verb

1. : to hold or treat as of small worth or account : contemn

that petulant volatility which … vilipends the conversation and advice of seniors — Sir Walter Scott

2. : to speak of slightingly or disparagingly : express a low opinion of : depreciate

a censorious critic might vilipend it … as want of imagination — Frederick Pollock

intransitive verb

: to be disparaging or depreciatory

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