maugre

prep. Archaic
Notwithstanding; in spite of.

[Middle English, from Old French : mal-, mau-, bad; see mal- + gre, liking, pleasure (from Latin grātum , from neuter of grātus, pleasing).]

or mauger

(MAW-guhr)
preposition
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.

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