Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *disdignāre, reshaping of Latin dēdignārī (disdain, scorn), derived from dignus (worthy).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /di.zdeɲˈɲa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧sde‧gnà‧re

Verb edit

disdegnàre (first-person singular present disdégno, first-person singular past historic disdegnài, past participle disdegnàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to disdain, contemn or scorn

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Further reading edit

  • disdegnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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