Pronounced: TIN-horn, noun/adj
Notes: I’ve heard this word as an adjective, and was pretty close, but I don’t think I’ve heard it as a noun
Yesterday’s word
The word vilipend means
- to hold or teat as of little worth or account; contemn
- to express a low opinion of; disparage
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1400s
Background / Comments
Our word came from French, and into French from the Latin roots vilis (cheap; vile) and pendere (to weigh; to estimate). So, while we get “vile” and “vilify” from he first of these root, villain has another source.
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