disdeynous
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux); compare deynous. By surface analysis, dis- + deynen + -ous.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
disdeynous
- disdainous, disdainful
- c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of the Rose. 7412-3.
- His looking was not disdeinous,
Ne proud, but meke and ful pesible.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- c. 1370s. Unknown, The Romaunt of the Rose. 7412-3.
Descendants edit
- English: disdainous
References edit
- “disdeinǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.