scorno

See also: scornò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɔrno
• Hyphenation: scòr‧no

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *excornum. By surface analysis, deverbal from scornarsi (“to make a fool of oneself”) +‎ -o. Compare Neapolitan scuorno.

Noun

scorno m (plural scorni)

1. humiliation, shame
   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto X”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎^[1], lines 31–33; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     […] esser di marmo candido e addorno / d’intagli sì, che non pur Policleto, / ma la natura lì avrebbe scorno.

     […] to be of white marble and so adorned with sculptures, that not only Polycletus, but nature itself had there been put to shame.

Further reading

• scòrno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scorno

1. first-person singular present indicative of scornare