| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·spic·a·ble |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -spk  -bl, d sp-k- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Deserving of contempt or scorn; vile. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin d spic bilis, from Latin dspicr , to despise. See spek- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | de·spica·ble·ness —NOUN
de·spica·bly —ADVERB
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