Middle English Dictionary Entry
disdeinǒus adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | disdeinǒus adj. Also de-, des-, -deignous. |
| Etymology | OF desdeignos |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Scornful, contemptuous, disdainful.
Associated quotations
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)8.83 : Who-so..is nouȝt dronkenlew ne dedeignous [C (Ilch): dedeynous], dowel hym folweth.
- ?a1425 Chaucer TC (Hrl 3943)2.1217 : She went & bygan her hert vnfettre Out of disdeynous [crit. ed: desdaynes] prison but a lyte.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)114 : Myn herte so disdeynows therof j haue, that litel lakketh it ne bresteth on tweyne.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)2.6.33a : This..be prowde men, and desdeynous, that sette at nought alle othir men.
- 1532(?a1400) RRose (Thynne)7410 : Hys lokyng was not disdeynous, Ne proud, but meke and ful pesyble.