albeit

conj

Etymology: From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that (“although it be that”), and thus composed from al (“completely, entirely”) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) + it.

1. Although, despite (it) being.

   “VVho are you? tell me for more certainty, / Albeit Ile ſvveare that I do knovv your tongue.”

   “The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men’s mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.”