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A paramour; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak.

A native or inhabitant of Nazareth; -- a term of contempt applied to Christ and the early Christians.

A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [Colloq.]

The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously. Come, master, I have a project in my noddle. L'Estrange.

Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension. Shall names that made yuor city the glory of the earth be mentioned with obloquy and detraction Addison.

his blessed feet. Milton. Ode factor, one who makes, or who traffics in, odes; -- used contemptuously.

taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. Luke iv. 15. [Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil. Luke iv. 1, 2.

To attempt; to undertake. All that offer to defend him. Shak.

The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. The counterpoise of so great an opposition. Shak. Virtue which breaks through all opposition. Milton.

Disgrace; infamy; reproach mingled with contempt; abusive language. Being both dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.

t to the United States of America, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptible and miserable, as a nation. Washington.

A gibe; a contemptuous remark.

A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

An exclamation expressing disgust or contempt. See Bah. Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.

Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. Cowper. The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost. Byron.

Nourishment or support from official patronage; as, treasury pap. [Colloq. & Contemptuous]

Two or more metals coined without any attempt by the government to regulate their values.

To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination, but did not expect to pass.

The head of a person; the top, or crown, of the head. [Now generally used in contempt or ridicule.] His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. Ps. vii. 16. Fat paunches have lean pate. Shak.