Oct 22, 2005 01:43
vil·i·pend
1. To view or treat with contempt; despise.
2. To speak ill of; disparage.
[Middle English vilipenden, from Old French vilipender, from Latin vlipendere : vlis, worthless; see wes-3 in Indo-European roots + pendere, to consider, weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]