maugre

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmɔː.ɡə/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmɔɡɚ/

Preposition

1. (obsolete) Notwithstanding; in spite of. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Tale (ed. Skeat):

     He saugh a mayde walkinge him biforn, / Of whiche mayde anon, maugree hir heed, / By verray force he rafte hir maydenheed;

Synonyms

• despite, regardless of; see also Thesaurus:despite

Adverb

maugre (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything. [14th]

Synonyms

• even so, nonetheless, withal; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Noun

maugre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Ill will; spite.

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