maugre

See also: maugré

English

WOTD – 12 February 2009

Alternative forms

magre [14th–19th c.]
mauger [14th–18th c.]
maulgre [14th–17th c.]

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman malgré, from mal (“bad”) + gre (“pleasure", "grace”) (from Old French, from Latin gratum)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ɡəː/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ.ɡɚ/
Audio (US) (file)

Preposition

maugre

(archaic) Notwithstanding; in spite of. [from 14th c.]

Translations

in spite of — see in spite of

Adverb

maugre (not comparable)

(obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything. [14th-17th c.]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.xi:
  cruell Mulciber would not obay / His threatfull pride, but did the more augment / His mighty rage, and with imperious sway / Him forst (maulgre) his fiercenesse to relent, / And backe retire [...].

Anagrams

Gaumer, Mauger, mauger, murage

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