a. [f. ppl. stem of L. vīlipendĕre: see -IVE.] Abusive.
1824. Blackw. Mag., XVI. 3. Strains not simply laudative of Oporto, but vituperative and vilipensive of Bourdeaux.
1838. Fraser’s Mag., XVII. 468. Southey … tacks vilipensive prefixes and postfixes to several of these.
