despiteful

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IX, 79. which have been rendered as follows: Despiteful pedant, why dost me pursue, Thou head detested by the younger crew?

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine

Despiteful thus unto myself I languish, And in disdain myself from joy I banish.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)