disdeynous

Middle English

Alternative forms

• dedeignous, desdeynous, disdeinous, disdeynows

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux); compare deynous. By surface analysis, dis- +‎ deynen +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /disˌdæi̯ˈnuːs/, /disˈdæi̯nus/, /dɛː-/

Adjective

disdeynous

1. 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)

Descendants

• English: disdainous

References

• “disdeinǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.