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Litter :: Litter (v. t.) To give birth to; to bear; -- said of brutes, esp. those which produce more than one at a birth, and also of human beings, in abhorrence or contempt..

Peat :: Peat (n.) A small person; a pet; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

Frippery :: Frippery (a.) Trifling; contemptible.

Proctorage :: Proctorage (n.) Management by a proctor, or as by a proctor; hence, control; superintendence; -- in contempt..

Bantling :: Bantling (n.) A young or small child; an infant. [Slightly contemptuous or depreciatory..

Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) Figuratively, a little wrinkled man; a dwarf; -- in contempt..

Lapling :: Lapling (n.) One who has been fondled to excess; one fond of ease and sensual delights; -- a term of contempt.

Puppet :: Puppet (n.) One controlled in his action by the will of another; a tool; -- so used in contempt.

Fig :: Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico..

Trample :: Trample (v. i.) To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.

Audacity :: Audacity (n.) Reckless daring; presumptuous impudence; -- implying a contempt of law or moral restraints.

Stargaser :: Stargaser (n.) One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer..

Despicably :: Despicably (adv.) In a despicable or mean manner; contemptibly; as, despicably stingy..

Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Lording :: Lording (n.) A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule..

Hething :: Hething (n.) Contempt; scorn.

Mockery :: Mockery (n.) The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance..

Story-teller :: Story-teller (n.) An historian; -- in contempt.

Dandyling :: Dandyling (n.) A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Doughface :: Doughface (n.) A contemptuous nickname for a timid, yielding politician, or one who is easily molded..

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