despicable

Definition

Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.

Etymology

From Late Latin dēspicābilis, from Latin dēspicor, a variant of dēspiciō (“I despise”), from de (“down”) + speciō (“I look at, behold”). First attested in the 1550s. Equivalent to despise + -able.

Example Sentences

• "The physical penis is consumed by despicable fish, animals of the turgid depths, but the higher phallus, the image of resurrection through the goddess, is fashioned as a sacred icon."

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