DISDAIN


Meaning of DISDAIN in English

n. & v.

n. scorn; contempt.

v.tr. 1 regard with disdain. 2 think oneself superior to; reject (disdained his offer; disdained to enter; disdained answering).

[ ME f. OF desdeign(ier) ult. f. L dedignari (as DE-, dignari f. dignus worthy) ]

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