a. Obs. rare. [f. as prec. Cf. Pg. vilipendioso.] Contemptible. Also Vilipendiously adv., abusively, opprobriously.
1536. in Froude, Hist. Eng. (1858), III. 168. [They inquired whether Cromwell,] whom they called most vilipendiously, [was put out of the king’s council].
1630. J. Taylor (Water P.), Laugh & be Fat, Wks. II. 79/1. Thou ignoble horse-rubbing peasant,… being but a vilipendious mechanical Hostler.
