disdeynous
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux); compare deynous. By surface analysis, dis- + deynen + -ous.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
disdeynous
- disdainous, disdainful
- c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of the Rose. 7412-3.
- His looking was not disdeinous,
Ne proud, but meke and ful pesible.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of the Rose. 7412-3.
Descendants[edit]
- English: disdainous
References[edit]
- “disdeinǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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