Who is Despite?
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Who is Despite?
I went into a deep trance. When I came out of it, I realized that the word/title/name "Despite" as used by SRD was coined by him.
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Re: Who is Despite?
Not sure if you are serious.thewormoftheworld'send wrote:I went into a deep trance. When I came out of it, I realized that the word/title/name "Despite" as used by SRD was coined by him.
Miriam Webster's Dictionary wrote:despite noun
Definition of despite (Entry 2 of 3)
- : the feeling or attitude of despising someone or something : CONTEMPT
- : MALICE, SPITE
- a: an act showing contempt or defiance
b: DETRIMENT, DISADVANTAGE
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I'm not familiar with the term despite as a real word. Is it pronounced Des'-pit?
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It's pronounced the same, whether you say "I replied, despite my misgivings," or "You cannot defeat Despite with rage."
də · spīt
da SPITE
I was not familiar with the word upon my first reading either, or at least that particular meaning of it, but i caught on right away. It's close enough to "spite" to not make much difference.
It's the root of the word "despicable", if that helps.
də · spīt
da SPITE
I was not familiar with the word upon my first reading either, or at least that particular meaning of it, but i caught on right away. It's close enough to "spite" to not make much difference.
It's the root of the word "despicable", if that helps.
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As Wayfriend has posted, the word, as a noun, has an archaic meaning of "contempt, scorn". See:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... sh/despite
Donaldson imports a lot of archaic English into the Chronicles, such as "roynish".
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dicti ... sh/despite
Donaldson imports a lot of archaic English into the Chronicles, such as "roynish".