Des*pit"e*ous (?), a. [OE. despitous, OF. despiteus, fr. despit; affected in form by E. piteous. See Despite.]

Feeling or showing despite; malicious; angry to excess; cruel; contemptuous.

[Obs.] "Despiteous reproaches."

Holland.

 

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