— spurner , n.
/sperrn/ , v.t.
1. to reject with disdain; scorn.
2. to treat with contempt; despise.
3. to kick or trample with the foot.
v.i.
4. to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.
n.
5. disdainful rejection.
6. contemptuous treatment.
7. a kick.
[ 1250-1300; (v.) ME spurnen, OE spurnan; c. OS, OHG spurnan, ON sporna to kick; akin to L spernere to put away; (n.) ME: a kick, contemptuous stroke, deriv. of the n. ]
Syn. 1. See refuse 1 . 6. contumely.
Ant. 1. accept.