Meanings
- nonce worduncountableQuality of being unscornful.
Your look, madam , is wondrous logical; Conclusive by mere pathos of astonishment; And cramm'd with scorn, from pure unscornfulness
1840, Leigh Hunt, A Legend of Florence
Origin
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unscornfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unscornfulness
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