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comparative more scorny · superlative most scorny
- obsoleteExpressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.
[H]er teeth were small, bespeaking a selfish disposition: indeed the whole of her features were what her husband would sometimes call scorney, particularly in their latter days during their little fracas […].
1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 12
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scorny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorny
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