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FromLate Latindēspicābilis, fromLatindēspicor, a variant ofdēspiciō(I despise), fromde(down) +speciō(I look at, behold). First attested in the 1550s.[1] Equivalent todespise +‎-able.

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despicable (comparativemoredespicable,superlativemostdespicable)

  1. Fit or deserving to bedespised;contemptible;mean.
    Synonyms:vile,evil,mean,contemptible,obscene,wicked
    • 1981,William Irwin Thompson,The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page234:
      The physical penis is consumed bydespicable 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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deserving to be despised

Noun

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despicable (pluraldespicables)

  1. A wretched or wicked person.
    • 2004, Wayne Campbell Kannaday,Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition:
      Robbers assemble other robbers for the purpose of robbery; but Christians gather thieves, bandits, and otherdespicables for the purpose of spiritual transformation.

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “despicable”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.
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