maugre

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

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔː.ɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɡɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːɡə(ɹ)

maugre

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

• despite, regardless of; see also Thesaurus:despite

maugre (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Notwithstanding, despite everything. [14th–17th c.]
   • 1590, Spenser, Edmund, The Faerie Queene, book III, canto 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 […]

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

maugre (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Ill will; spite.

• Gaumer, Mauger, mauger, murage