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prettygoodwordvilipend (VIL-uh-pend) - v., to regard (something) as of little value or worthless; to despise, vilify.
Same root as vilify, in fact, (as well as vile) but a different shade of meaning. Adopted in the mid-15th century from either Late Latin vīlipendere, to consider cheap, from Latin vīlis, cheap/worthless + pendere, to consider. It dropped out of common use (or really any use at all) in the 19th century.
---L.
Same root as vilify, in fact, (as well as vile) but a different shade of meaning. Adopted in the mid-15th century from either Late Latin vīlipendere, to consider cheap, from Latin vīlis, cheap/worthless + pendere, to consider. It dropped out of common use (or really any use at all) in the 19th century.
---L.
