misesteem
English
Etymology
Compare French mésestime.
Noun
misesteem (uncountable)
- (archaic) Lack of esteem; disrespect.
- Georgina Fullerton
- The daily sight of this my sovereign's sweet humility, and his detachment from earthly things, works in me a contagious misesteem for this brief life […]
- Georgina Fullerton
Verb
misesteem (third-person singular simple present misesteems, present participle misesteeming, simple past and past participle misesteemed)
- (transitive) To hold in the wrong esteem; to disrespect.