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despective

despective , insultingly, disrespectfully. ipsum [ducem Willelmum] ‘~pelliciarium’ ~e vocitaverunt, eo quod parentes matris ejus pelliciarii extiterant W. Jum. VII 18; [Andegavenses] ab eisdem quibus impudenter nocuerunt hostili odio ‘Hilibecci’ ~e cognominati sunt Ord. Vit. XIII 26 p. 67; indignatus ille quod sibi [potum] ~e dedisset W. Cant. Mir. Thom. VI 74; s1328 [R. de Brus] semper earn [uxorem suam] habuit exosam et ~e et iniquissime tractavit cum ea Ad. Mur. Chr. 57n.

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