Added 9 October 2026
despicable
/dɪˈspɪkəbəl/ adjective
In Latin: contemptus First recorded: 1550 Wiktionary
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- Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
noun
Origin
From Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“to despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“to look at, behold”). First attested in the 1550s. Equivalent to despise + -able.
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