unscornfulness
English edit
Etymology edit
unscornful + -ness
Noun edit
unscornfulness (uncountable)
- (nonce word) Quality of being unscornful.
- 1840, Leigh Hunt, A Legend of Florence:
- Your look, madam , is wondrous logical;
Conclusive by mere pathos of astonishment;
And cramm'd with scorn, from pure unscornfulness