| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| maugre |
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| SYLLABICATION: | mau·gre |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  mô g r |
| PREPOSITION: | Archaic Notwithstanding; in spite of. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French : mal-, mau-, bad; see mal– + gre, liking, pleasure (from Latin gr tum, from neuter of grtus, pleasing; see gwer-2 in Appendix I).
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