http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary en-us Copyright 2008 ArcaMax Publishing Inc. misprize \mis-PRYZ\ (transitive verb) - 1 : To hold in contempt. 2 : To undervalue. "What was it that enabled him, short of being a monster with visibly cloven feet and exhaling brimstone, to misprize so cruelly a nature like his wife's..." -- Henry James, 'Madame de Mauves' Misprize comes from http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/s-371084-224550?source=1930 http://www.arcamax.com/vocabulary/recent