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with Anu Gargmaugre or maugerPRONUNCIATION:
(MAW-guhr)
MEANING:
In spite of.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French malgre (ill will), from mal- (bad) + gre (pleasure, grace),
from Latin gratum (pleasing).
USAGE:
"In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite
of real sorrows. Nature says, -- he is my creature, and maugre all his
impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me."Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nature; Addresses and Lectures; 1849. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The only gift is giving to the poor; / All else is exchange. -Thiruvalluvar, poet (c. 30 BCE)
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