disdeynen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French desdeignier; equivalent to dis- + deynen. Compare deynen (“to disdain”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdisdeynen
- To disdain; to scorn (something)
- To refuse to do in disdain.
- To be insulted (by something)
- (rare) To deign (to do something)
- (rare, pathology) To become inflamed.
Conjugation
editConjugation of disdeynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “disdeinen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.