disdeynen
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French desdeignier; equivalent to dis- + deynen. Compare deynen (“to disdain”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
disdeynen
- 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[edit]
Conjugation of disdeynen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “disdeinen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.