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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1375-1533, 1616
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Dispitously, -uously, -wisly, adv. Also: despitteously, despyteously. (For other forms see the adj.) [ME. dispitously, dyspetusly (c 1320), dispitiously, etc., f. Dispitousadj.] a. Scornfully, insultingly. b. Spitefully, maliciously, cruelly.(a) 1375 Barb. i. 200.
Thar wyffis wald thai oft forly, And thar dochtrys dispitusly 1375 Ib. iii. 457.
Syne Lawyne and all his flot Dispitusly discumfyt he c1420 Wynt. v. 3232.
The comownys halyly Ras and slw hym dyspytwsly c1420 Ib. 4624; etc.
Teodoryk the kyng, … Wrat till hym dyspitusly ?1438 Alex. i. 1223.
His necbane in sounder ȝeid, And his chyn brak dispitusly ?1438 Ib. ii. 8030.
Quhen Alexander hard Emynedus Dispytusly speke and wryth him thus c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace iii. 283.
His worthi kyn dispitously ye slew a1500 Taill of Rauf Coilȝear 901.
We sall spuilȝe ȝow dispittously at the nixt springis(b) c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2602.
The Kyng, thi fadere, cruelly Put Kynge Peleus, … Dispituouslie out of his lande c1420 Wynt. v. 672.
Wyth that the Romanys … Chasyd the Grekys dispytwosly c1515 Asloan MS I. 223/17.
The forsaid … spak till him self richt dispituoslie with felloun wordis and scorne c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxxii. 29 (A).
Thai tyrandis … Dispituosly syne did him smyte 1513 Doug. xii. v. 71.
This egill … Dispittuusly intill hys punsys he Hes claucht a swan 1533 Bell. Livy I. 64/27.
He reprevit dispituusly this knicht that schew thir tythingis 1533 Boece v. v. 173 b.
Officiaris, capitanis, & soldeouris … war dispituouslie slane(c) 1375 Barb. x. 650.
Thai met thame richt hardely, And slew of thame dispitwisly 1375 Ib. xix. 563.
Thai stekit men dispituisly a1400 Legends of the Saints xiii. 144.
Thai … drew hyme … Thru al the towne dyspituisly a1400 Ib. xxvii. 1049; etc.
He … Godis man dispituisly Fra his presens chasit away c1420 Wynt. ii. 1394.
The Sytykys … chasyde the Egyptys hastyly, On hors and fute dyspytuysly c1420 Ib. iii. 835; etc.
He … luche at hym dispytwysly(d)c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace (1570) ii. 390.
Till him thay raid, and said despyteously [MS. dispitfully] 1616 Brus xiii. 140* (H).
Our kyn and friends ... Despitteously hanged and drawne
