maugre

maugre

See also: maugré

English

WOTD – 12 February 2009

Alternative forms

• magre [14th–19th c.]
• malgre
• mauger [14th–18th c.]
• maulgre [14th–17th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure", "grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ɡəː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.ɡɚ/

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Preposition

maugre

1. (archaic) Notwithstanding; in spite of. [from 14th c.]

Translations

in spite of — see in spite of

Adverb

maugre (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything. [14th-17th c.]
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:

     cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire […]

Noun

maugre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Ill will; spite.

Anagrams

• Gaumer, Mauger, mauger, murage