Meanings
adjectivedisdainous (comparative more disdainous, superlative most disdainous)
comparative more disdainous · superlative most disdainous
- obsoletedisdainful
whom thou hast lost by thy unkind words, by thy scorns, mocks, and other disdainous words and behaviours
a. 1556 (date written), Hugh Latimer, “The Second of Master Hugh Latimer’s Two Sermons of the Card.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant Martyr of Jesus Christ, Hugh Latimer, Some Time Bishop of Worcester, […], volume I, London: […] James Duncan, […], published 1824, →OCLC, page 18
Origin
- Old Frenchdesdeignos
- Middle Englishdisdeynous
- Englishdisdainous
From Middle English disdeynous, from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux).
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