méphitisme, n.m., mephitis, mephitism.
méplat, n.m., (paint.) flat, flat part, flattish curve.
méplat, -e, adj., (carp., paint.) flat, flatwise.
se méprendre, v.r., to mistake; to make a mistake; to be mistaken; to be under a mistake; to misapprehend; (fig.) to forget one’s self, to be wanting in respect. Vous vous méprenez; you mistake; you forget yourself. C’est à ne pas s’y —; you cannot make a mistake. C’est son père, à s’y —; you would easily take him for his father; he is the dead-spit of his father.
mépris, n.m., contempt, scorn, contumely. pl., contumelious language, contemptuous treatment. Avoir du — pour quelqu’un; to feel contempt for any one. Au — des lois; in defiance of the laws. Témoigner du — pour; to evince contempt for. Tomber dans le —; to fall into contempt. La familiarité engendre le —; familiarity breeds contempt.
méprisable, adj., contemptible, despicable.
méprisablement, adv., despicably.
méprisant, -e, adj., contemptuous, scornful.
méprise, n.f., mistake, oversight, misunderstanding; misapprehension; error. Lourde —; gross mistake. Faire une grande —; to make a great mistake.
mépriser, v.a., to contemn, to despise, to scorn; to slight; to set at naught; to undervalue; to disregard.