disdeinous
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux). Surface etymology dis- + deinous.
Adjective
disdeinous
- disdainous, disdainful
- c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of Rose. 7412-3.
- His looking was not disdeinous,
- Ne proud, but meke and ful pesible.
- c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of Rose. 7412-3.
Descendants
- English: disdainous
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