disdainn.

Brit.

/dɪsˈdeɪn/, U.S.

/dɪsˈdeɪn/

Forms: α. Middle English dedeyn(e, Middle English dedeigne, dedeyng, dedayn, Middle English dedein. β. Middle English desdeyn, desdayn. γ. Middle English disdein(e, Middle English disdeyn(e, Middle English–1500s disdeigne, Middle English–1600s disdayn(e, Middle English dysdane, dysdene, dysdayne, Scottish disdenȝe, disdene, 1500s–1600s disdaine, 1500s– disdain. Cf. sdeign n.

Etymology: Middle English dedeyn , desdeyn , < Old French desdeign, -daign, -daing, -dain, Anglo-Norman dedeigne (Langtoft Chron. II. 430), modern French dedain = Provençal desdaing , -denh , Catalan desdeny , Spanish desdeño , Italian disdegno (sdegno ), Romanic derivative of des- , disdegnare to disdain: see disdain v.

a. The feeling entertained towards that which one thinks unworthy of notice or beneath one's dignity; scorn, contempt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun]

scornc1175

scarec1275

disdainc1290

forhoghta1300

despite1340

unworthhead1340

unworthness1340

despising1382

byscorn1387

contempta1393

daina1400

dedignationc1400

vilityc1430

despisec1440

contemption1467

lightliness1479

despection1482

misprisement1483

misprizing1485

contemnment1502

fastidie1536

misprize1590

misprision1592

sdeign1595

misprisal1596

despisement1603

disesteem1603

disestimation1619

despiciency1623

despect1624

disopinion1625

under-opinion1629

despisal1650

parvipension1675

sneer1791

misesteem1832

despication1837

α.

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 414/387 He hadde gret de-deyn smale þefþes to do.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxviii. 6 Þai ere kald vnycorns for pride & dedeyne.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11309 O pouert na dedeigne [Trin. Cambr. disdeyn; c1460 Laud disdayne], had he.

c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1159 Hast [þow] had any dedeyn Of oþer synfulle þat þou hast seyn?

γ. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 121 He, which love had in disdeigne.1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. aii^v Al though disdaine & enuy do cause them to speke it.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 51 Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eies, Misprising what they looke on. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 98 That fixt mind And high disdain, from sence of injur'd merit. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 148 As I received no Answer..my Disdain would not suffer me to continue my Application. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 187 Haughtiness, is founded on the high opinion we entertain of ourselves; disdain, on the low opinion we have of others.1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. viii. 188 They were called in disdain the Puritans.., an appellation which perhaps they did not disdain.1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 15 342/1 I..had conceived a disdain of feathered things, bustards excepted.

†b. with plural. An instance or exhibition of this.

ΚΠ

1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 152 My disdaines have served my purposes.

1635 Dialogue: If her Disdain in J. Donne Poems 196 So her disdaines can ne'r offend.

†2.

a. Indignation; anger or vexation arising from offended dignity; dudgeon. to have disdain: to be indignant, take offence. to have in disdain, to have disdain of: to be indignant or offended at. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun]

wrathc900

disdain1297

indignationc1384

heavinessc1386

gall1390

offencea1393

mislikinga1400

despitec1400

rankling?a1425

jealousyc1475

grudge1477

engaigne1489

grutch1541

outrage1572

dudgeon1573

indignance1590

indignity1596

spleen1596

resentiment1606

dolour1609

resentment1613

endugine1638

stomachosity1656

ressentiment1658

resent1680

umbrage1724

resentfulness1735

niff1777

indignancy1790

saeva indignatio1796

hard feeling1803

grudgement1845

to have a chip on one's shoulder1856

affrontedness1878

spike1890

α.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 193 Of þyn vnryȝt ychabbe gret dedeyn.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxvi. 1 Noli emulari in malignantibus..Will not haf dedeyn in ill willand.

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxiv. 3 Auertisti ab ira indignacionis tue..Þou turnyd fra þe wreth of þi dedeyn.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 70 Þis eldere sone hadde dedeyn, and wolde not come in.

a1400–50 Alexander 3155 He dedeyne [Dubl. MS. disdayne] hade, Þat þai ware comen doun of kyngis, and be no cause ellis.

β. c1386 G. Chaucer Franklin's Prol. (Ellesm. MS.) 28 I prey yow haueth me nat in desdeyn [v.r. disdeyne] Though to this man I speke a word or two.a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 17 The king saide, ‘y chese the yongest of the .iij. doughters..’ of the whiche the eldest and the secounde had gret meruaile and desdeyn.1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 72 Of grete desdayn he suffreth to be slayn and dye.γ. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 789 (Sloane MS.) But take it nought I praie ȝow in disdeigne [v.rr. disdeyne, disdayn, desdeyn].1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 345 But Phebus, which hath great disdein Of that his maiden was forlein.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xii. 160 Than Iupiter..Havand disdene ony mortal suld be Rasyt to lyfe.1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 299 The defeat of the Armie..caused..throughout the Realme a great griefe and disdaine.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 33 The disdaine and shame whereof hath euer since kept Hector fasting and waking. 1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xxiii. 223 Having conceived some disdain against his Master.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 251 The great person..took the neglect in huge disdain.

†b. figurative. Of a wound: Angriness, inflamed condition. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. proud flesh n.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [noun]

heatc1000

fireOE

burning1382

phlegmona1398

disdainc1400

angerc1440

scaldingc1450

brounes1528

inflaming1530

combustion?1541

inflammation1541

incension1598

fieriness1600

angriness1612

exustion1657

phlogosis1666

phlegmasia1706

scald1882

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 102 Whanne þilke wounde was sowdid þe pannicle þat was not weel heelid hadde a dedein & was cause of gendrynge of a crampe.

†3.

a. Loathing, aversion, dislike. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun]

wlatingc725

wlatc960

ugginga1325

uglinessc1325

loathingc1340

abominationc1350

wlatsomenessc1380

wlatingness1382

fastidie?a1425

loathsomenessc1425

ugsomenessc1450

horribility1496

detestation1526

abhorring1528

dislikingc1540

fastidiousness1541

abhorfulness1556

fulsomeness1563

execration1570

abhorment1576

detesting1591

loath?1591

abhorrence1592

abhorrency1596

dislike1597

distaste1598

disgust1611

nausea1619

oppositeness1619

nauseousness1622

detest1638

wearisomeness1642

repugnance1643

odium1645

abhorrition1649

abominate1651

nausity1654

disdain1655

repugnancy1681

degoust1716

repulsion1751

self-repugnance1852

kick1893

1370–80 in Old Eng. Misc. 228 And hedden of mony metes de-deyn.]

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. vii. 30 These are the forerunners of an Epilepsy; disdain of meat [etc.].

†b. transferred. The quality which excites aversion; loathsomeness. (Cf. dain n. 3) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [noun]

fenc897

foulnessOE

foulhead1340

filthiness?1504

lepry1526

fedity1542

leprosy?1555

fulsomeness1563

disdain1590

obscenitya1618

sewer1647

fetidness1704

putridity1823

fetidity1829

disgustingness1851

feculence1860

grunginess1978

the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness

horribility13..

loathlihead1340

odiousnessa1513

abominableness?1529

fedity1542

heinousness1563

hatefulness1565

disdain1590

detestableness1612

abhorringa1616

obscenitya1618

nauseousness1657

obnoxiousness1674

repellency1733

repulsiveness1804

detestability1834

repellingness1834

loathednessa1859

rebarbativity1947

rebarbativeness1966

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine.

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disdainv.

Brit.

/dɪsˈdeɪn/, U.S.

/dɪsˈdeɪn/

Forms: α. Middle English dedeyngne, Middle English dedeyne, Middle English dedene; β. Middle English desdaine, desdeigne, 1500s desdayne. γ. Middle English disdeyne, disdaigne, ( disdeynt), Middle English–1500s dys-, Middle English–1600s disdayne, 1500s disdeine, disdane, 1500s–1600s disdaine, disdeigne, 1500s– disdain. Cf. also sdeign v.

Etymology: Middle English, < Old French desdeignier , -deigner (3rd singular present desdeigne ), in later French dédaigner , = Provençal desdegnar , Catalan desdenyar , Spanish dedeñar , Portuguese desdenhar , Italian disdegnare (sdegnare ); a Common Romanic verb representing, with des- for Latin dē- (see de- prefix 1f), Latin dēdignāre (doublet of dēdignārī ) to reject as unworthy, disdain. < de- prefix 1f + dignāre , dignārī to think or treat as worthy; compare deign v.

1. transitive. To think unworthy of oneself, or of one's notice; to regard or treat with contempt; to despise, scorn.

a. with simple object.

ΚΠ

α. and β.

c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) 42 Lat youre eres nat my voys desdeyne [other MSS. disdeyne].

1483 Cath. Angl. 93/1 To Desden (Deden A.), dedignari, detrahere, detractare; vbi. to disspise.

γ. c1380 [see sense 1bα. ]. 1393 [see sense 1bβ. ]. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. lvii I fere to sore I shal disdayned be.1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 4 He laid against me..that I did disdain everi mans cumpani.1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xvii. 459 Whose proud top would disdaine climing.1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. iv. 217 Some seem to disdain the Distinction that we make between natural and moral Necessity.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 21 If they disdained not such a prostrate slave.1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. x. 69 I disdain your sneer.

b. with infinitive or gerund. To think it beneath one, to scorn (to do or doing something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > disdain to do something

disdainc1380

to tell scorn1477

contemn1510

to think (it) scornc1515

to take scorn1575

scorn1605

coya1616

α.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2179 Ys herte was so gret, þat he dedeynede to clepe, ‘oundo’ bot ran to wiþ is fet.

β. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 227 If..a king..Desdaineth for to done hem grace.γ. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xv. 43 They dysdayne to obeye to theyre capytayne.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 70 They dysdayne to speke to me.1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 11 Neither did we disdaine to reuise that which we had done.1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 397 This..was the title the Roman general disdained granting him.1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 461 [They] disdained to follow this example of submission.1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xx. 455 Grey..had disdained to beg his life.

c. To think (a thing) unworthy of (something). (Cf. deign v. 2.)

ΚΠ

1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 23 Nature disdeigned it a Roome.

d. To think (anything) unworthy of.

ΚΠ

1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints Ded. God hath disdeigned the world of that most noble Spirit.

†2.

a. To be indignant, angry, or offended at. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)]

to take in (also on, to) griefc1325

to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)c1384

to take agrief?a1400

disdaina1513

stomach1523

to take it amiss1530

to have a grudge against (to, at)1531

to think amiss1533

envy1557

to take‥in (the) snuff (or to snuff)1560

to take snuff1565

to take scorn1581

to take indignly1593

to bear (one) upon (also in) the spleen1596

spleena1629

disresent1652

indign1652

miff1797

pin1934

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlviii. f. xvi The kynge disdeynynge this demeanure of Andragius, after dyuers monycions..gatheryd his knyghtes & made warre vpon Andragius.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. Prol. B To shun Ingratitude, which I disdaine as Hell.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. vi. 46 His answer was much disdained.

1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iii. 106 Hence..we often so much disdain their being conferr'd upon undeserving Men.

b. with subordinate clause: To be indignant that.

ΚΠ

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlv The kyng of Scottes disdeignynge that the stronge castell of Dumbarre should remayne in thenglish mennes handes.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 65 Who highly did disdaine That such..abuse his honour should distaine.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3 I haue nineteene mistresses alreadie, and I not much disdeigne that thou shold'st make vp the ful score.

1796 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 1 14 Disdaining that the enemies of Christ should abound in wealth.

†3. intransitive. To be moved with indignation, be indignant, take offence. Const. at (rarely against, of, on). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be or become resentful [verb (intransitive)]

to pick (also peck) mooda1225

disdaina1382

endeigna1382

indeign1382

risec1390

to take offencea1393

to take pepper in the nose1520

stomach1557

offenda1578

sdeigna1593

huff1598

to snuff pepper1624

check1635

to bear, owe (a person) a grudge1657

to take check1663

to take (‥) umbrage1683

to ride rusty1709

to flame out, up1753

to take a niff1777

niff1841

spleen1885

to put one's shoulder out1886

to have (or get) the spike1890

derry1896

α.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxii. 3 But aȝen the thre frendis of hym he dedeynede, forthi that thei hadden not founde a resounable answere.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxi. 15 The princis of prestis and scribis..dedeyneden, and seiden to hym, Heerist thou what these seyen?

a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 90 Þat deuyls lymme, dedeyned at þi dede.

γ. 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 108 Of whos cumyng though thou dysdeyne Hyt may not pleynly help.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xx. f. xxviij^v They desdayned att the two brethren.1526 Bible (Tyndale) John vii. f. cxxx^v Disdayne ye at me, be cause I made a man every whit whoale?a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 97 To disdayn, ayenst natures newe estate.1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 150 Cheese and Butter is among them, but such as squemish English stomacks wil disdaine at.a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2796 in Wks. (1640) III Ajax depriv'd of Achilles's Armour..disdaines; and, growing impatient of the Injurie, rageth, and turnes mad.

†4.

a. transitive. To move to indignation or scorn; to offend, anger, displease. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease

mislikeeOE

ofthinkeOE

misquemeOE

likec1175

forthinka1225

mispay?c1225

annoyc1300

there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300

unpay1340

offenda1382

to be displeasedc1386

to step or tread on the toes ofc1394

mispleasea1400

unlikea1425

edgec1450

injurea1492

discontenta1513

disdain1530

to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535

displeasure1541

mis-set?1553

dislike1578

to tread on any one's heels or toes1710

flisk1792

unentrance1834

to tread on any one's cornsa1855

umbragea1894

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] > excite to indignation or resentment

grieve1362

disdain1530

stomach1596

rufflea1616

disoblige1632

pique1671

huff1793

miff1811

umbragea1894

dudgeon1906

1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes x. 12 Induciomarus was sore displeased and dysdayned at thys doynge.

1627 Vox Piscis A v b It shall nothing disdaine you; for it is no new thing, but even that which you have continually looked for.

1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 18 The people..being much disdain'd that the Vice-Roy had scap'd.

1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks II. viii. 17 Fashionable amusements delight him not, and even elegant vice disdains him.

†b. impersonal it disdains me: it moves my indignation, offends me.

ΚΠ

c1440 York Myst. v. 11 Me thoght þat he The kynde of vs tane myght, And þer-at dideyned me.

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单词	disdain
释义	disdainn. Brit. /dɪsˈdeɪn/, U.S. /dɪsˈdeɪn/ Forms: α. Middle English dedeyn(e, Middle English dedeigne, dedeyng, dedayn, Middle English dedein. β. Middle English desdeyn, desdayn. γ. Middle English disdein(e, Middle English disdeyn(e, Middle English–1500s disdeigne, Middle English–1600s disdayn(e, Middle English dysdane, dysdene, dysdayne, Scottish disdenȝe, disdene, 1500s–1600s disdaine, 1500s– disdain. Cf. sdeign n. Etymology: Middle English dedeyn , desdeyn , < Old French desdeign, -daign, -daing, -dain, Anglo-Norman dedeigne (Langtoft Chron. II. 430), modern French dedain = Provençal desdaing , -denh , Catalan desdeny , Spanish desdeño , Italian disdegno (sdegno ), Romanic derivative of des- , disdegnare to disdain: see disdain v. 1. a. The feeling entertained towards that which one thinks unworthy of notice or beneath one's dignity; scorn, contempt. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] scornc1175 scarec1275 disdainc1290 forhoghta1300 despite1340 unworthhead1340 unworthness1340 despising1382 byscorn1387 contempta1393 daina1400 dedignationc1400 vilityc1430 despisec1440 contemption1467 lightliness1479 despection1482 misprisement1483 misprizing1485 contemnment1502 fastidie1536 misprize1590 misprision1592 sdeign1595 misprisal1596 despisement1603 disesteem1603 disestimation1619 despiciency1623 despect1624 disopinion1625 under-opinion1629 despisal1650 parvipension1675 sneer1791 misesteem1832 despication1837 α. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 414/387 He hadde gret de-deyn smale þefþes to do. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxviii. 6 Þai ere kald vnycorns for pride & dedeyne. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11309 O pouert na dedeigne [Trin. Cambr. disdeyn; c1460 Laud disdayne], had he. c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1159 Hast [þow] had any dedeyn Of oþer synfulle þat þou hast seyn? γ. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 121 He, which love had in disdeigne.1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance Pref. sig. aii^v Al though disdaine & enuy do cause them to speke it.1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. i. 51 Disdaine and Scorne ride sparkling in her eies, Misprising what they looke on. View more context for this quotation1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 98 That fixt mind And high disdain, from sence of injur'd merit. View more context for this quotation1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xi. viii. 148 As I received no Answer..my Disdain would not suffer me to continue my Application. View more context for this quotation1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 187 Haughtiness, is founded on the high opinion we entertain of ourselves; disdain, on the low opinion we have of others.1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity IV. ix. viii. 188 They were called in disdain the Puritans.., an appellation which perhaps they did not disdain.1875 F. Hall in Lippincott's Monthly Mag. 15 342/1 I..had conceived a disdain of feathered things, bustards excepted. †b. with plural. An instance or exhibition of this. ΚΠ 1632 T. Hawkins tr. P. Matthieu Vnhappy Prosperitie 152 My disdaines have served my purposes. 1635 Dialogue: If her Disdain in J. Donne Poems 196 So her disdaines can ne'r offend. †2. a. Indignation; anger or vexation arising from offended dignity; dudgeon. to have disdain: to be indignant, take offence. to have in disdain, to have disdain of: to be indignant or offended at. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [noun] wrathc900 disdain1297 indignationc1384 heavinessc1386 gall1390 offencea1393 mislikinga1400 despitec1400 rankling?a1425 jealousyc1475 grudge1477 engaigne1489 grutch1541 outrage1572 dudgeon1573 indignance1590 indignity1596 spleen1596 resentiment1606 dolour1609 resentment1613 endugine1638 stomachosity1656 ressentiment1658 resent1680 umbrage1724 resentfulness1735 niff1777 indignancy1790 saeva indignatio1796 hard feeling1803 grudgement1845 to have a chip on one's shoulder1856 affrontedness1878 spike1890 α. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 193 Of þyn vnryȝt ychabbe gret dedeyn. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxvi. 1 Noli emulari in malignantibus..Will not haf dedeyn in ill willand. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxxiv. 3 Auertisti ab ira indignacionis tue..Þou turnyd fra þe wreth of þi dedeyn. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 70 Þis eldere sone hadde dedeyn, and wolde not come in. a1400–50 Alexander 3155 He dedeyne [Dubl. MS. disdayne] hade, Þat þai ware comen doun of kyngis, and be no cause ellis. β. c1386 G. Chaucer Franklin's Prol. (Ellesm. MS.) 28 I prey yow haueth me nat in desdeyn [v.r. disdeyne] Though to this man I speke a word or two.a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 17 The king saide, ‘y chese the yongest of the .iij. doughters..’ of the whiche the eldest and the secounde had gret meruaile and desdeyn.1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. vi. 72 Of grete desdayn he suffreth to be slayn and dye.γ. c1386 G. Chaucer Prol. 789 (Sloane MS.) But take it nought I praie ȝow in disdeigne [v.rr. disdeyne, disdayn, desdeyn].1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 345 But Phebus, which hath great disdein Of that his maiden was forlein.a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xii. 160 Than Iupiter..Havand disdene ony mortal suld be Rasyt to lyfe.1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 299 The defeat of the Armie..caused..throughout the Realme a great griefe and disdaine.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. ii. 33 The disdaine and shame whereof hath euer since kept Hector fasting and waking. View more context for this quotation1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. i. xxiii. 223 Having conceived some disdain against his Master.a1677 I. Barrow Serm. Several Occasions (1678) 251 The great person..took the neglect in huge disdain. †b. figurative. Of a wound: Angriness, inflamed condition. Obsolete. rare. (Cf. proud flesh n.) ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > inflammation > [noun] heatc1000 fireOE burning1382 phlegmona1398 disdainc1400 angerc1440 scaldingc1450 brounes1528 inflaming1530 combustion?1541 inflammation1541 incension1598 fieriness1600 angriness1612 exustion1657 phlogosis1666 phlegmasia1706 scald1882 c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 102 Whanne þilke wounde was sowdid þe pannicle þat was not weel heelid hadde a dedein & was cause of gendrynge of a crampe. †3. a. Loathing, aversion, dislike. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > loathing or detestation > [noun] wlatingc725 wlatc960 ugginga1325 uglinessc1325 loathingc1340 abominationc1350 wlatsomenessc1380 wlatingness1382 fastidie?a1425 loathsomenessc1425 ugsomenessc1450 horribility1496 detestation1526 abhorring1528 dislikingc1540 fastidiousness1541 abhorfulness1556 fulsomeness1563 execration1570 abhorment1576 detesting1591 loath?1591 abhorrence1592 abhorrency1596 dislike1597 distaste1598 disgust1611 nausea1619 oppositeness1619 nauseousness1622 detest1638 wearisomeness1642 repugnance1643 odium1645 abhorrition1649 abominate1651 nausity1654 disdain1655 repugnancy1681 degoust1716 repulsion1751 self-repugnance1852 kick1893 1370–80 in Old Eng. Misc. 228 And hedden of mony metes de-deyn.] 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. vii. 30 These are the forerunners of an Epilepsy; disdain of meat [etc.]. †b. transferred. The quality which excites aversion; loathsomeness. (Cf. dain n. 3) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > foulness or filth > [noun] fenc897 foulnessOE foulhead1340 filthiness?1504 lepry1526 fedity1542 leprosy?1555 fulsomeness1563 disdain1590 obscenitya1618 sewer1647 fetidness1704 putridity1823 fetidity1829 disgustingness1851 feculence1860 grunginess1978 the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > quality of being detestable or loathsomeness horribility13.. loathlihead1340 odiousnessa1513 abominableness?1529 fedity1542 heinousness1563 hatefulness1565 disdain1590 detestableness1612 abhorringa1616 obscenitya1618 nauseousness1657 obnoxiousness1674 repellency1733 repulsiveness1804 detestability1834 repellingness1834 loathednessa1859 rebarbativity1947 rebarbativeness1966 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 Most lothsom, filthie, foule, and full of vile disdaine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). disdainv. Brit. /dɪsˈdeɪn/, U.S. /dɪsˈdeɪn/ Forms: α. Middle English dedeyngne, Middle English dedeyne, Middle English dedene; β. Middle English desdaine, desdeigne, 1500s desdayne. γ. Middle English disdeyne, disdaigne, ( disdeynt), Middle English–1500s dys-, Middle English–1600s disdayne, 1500s disdeine, disdane, 1500s–1600s disdaine, disdeigne, 1500s– disdain. Cf. also sdeign v. Etymology: Middle English, < Old French desdeignier , -deigner (3rd singular present desdeigne ), in later French dédaigner , = Provençal desdegnar , Catalan desdenyar , Spanish dedeñar , Portuguese desdenhar , Italian disdegnare (sdegnare ); a Common Romanic verb representing, with des- for Latin dē- (see de- prefix 1f), Latin dēdignāre (doublet of dēdignārī ) to reject as unworthy, disdain. < de- prefix 1f + dignāre , dignārī to think or treat as worthy; compare deign v. 1. transitive. To think unworthy of oneself, or of one's notice; to regard or treat with contempt; to despise, scorn. a. with simple object. ΚΠ α. and β. c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Ellesm. MS.) 42 Lat youre eres nat my voys desdeyne [other MSS. disdeyne]. 1483 Cath. Angl. 93/1 To Desden (Deden A.), dedignari, detrahere, detractare; vbi. to disspise. γ. c1380 [see sense 1bα. ]. 1393 [see sense 1bβ. ]. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xvi. lvii I fere to sore I shal disdayned be.1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 4 He laid against me..that I did disdain everi mans cumpani.1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage v. xvii. 459 Whose proud top would disdaine climing.1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. iv. 217 Some seem to disdain the Distinction that we make between natural and moral Necessity.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 21 If they disdained not such a prostrate slave.1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. x. 69 I disdain your sneer. b. with infinitive or gerund. To think it beneath one, to scorn (to do or doing something). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > disdain to do something disdainc1380 to tell scorn1477 contemn1510 to think (it) scornc1515 to take scorn1575 scorn1605 coya1616 α. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2179 Ys herte was so gret, þat he dedeynede to clepe, ‘oundo’ bot ran to wiþ is fet. β. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 227 If..a king..Desdaineth for to done hem grace.γ. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xv. 43 They dysdayne to obeye to theyre capytayne.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxiv. 70 They dysdayne to speke to me.1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 11 Neither did we disdaine to reuise that which we had done.1769 O. Goldsmith Rom. Hist. I. 397 This..was the title the Roman general disdained granting him.1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 461 [They] disdained to follow this example of submission.1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xx. 455 Grey..had disdained to beg his life. c. To think (a thing) unworthy of (something). (Cf. deign v. 2.) ΚΠ 1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 23 Nature disdeigned it a Roome. d. To think (anything) unworthy of. ΚΠ 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints Ded. God hath disdeigned the world of that most noble Spirit. †2. a. To be indignant, angry, or offended at. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] to take in (also on, to) griefc1325 to bear (a person or thing) hard (also heavily, heavy, etc.)c1384 to take agrief?a1400 disdaina1513 stomach1523 to take it amiss1530 to have a grudge against (to, at)1531 to think amiss1533 envy1557 to take‥in (the) snuff (or to snuff)1560 to take snuff1565 to take scorn1581 to take indignly1593 to bear (one) upon (also in) the spleen1596 spleena1629 disresent1652 indign1652 miff1797 pin1934 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlviii. f. xvi The kynge disdeynynge this demeanure of Andragius, after dyuers monycions..gatheryd his knyghtes & made warre vpon Andragius. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. Prol. B To shun Ingratitude, which I disdaine as Hell. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. vi. 46 His answer was much disdained. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iii. 106 Hence..we often so much disdain their being conferr'd upon undeserving Men. b. with subordinate clause: To be indignant that. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlv The kyng of Scottes disdeignynge that the stronge castell of Dumbarre should remayne in thenglish mennes handes. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 65 Who highly did disdaine That such..abuse his honour should distaine. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. D3 I haue nineteene mistresses alreadie, and I not much disdeigne that thou shold'st make vp the ful score. 1796 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 1 14 Disdaining that the enemies of Christ should abound in wealth. †3. intransitive. To be moved with indignation, be indignant, take offence. Const. at (rarely against, of, on). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be or become resentful [verb (intransitive)] to pick (also peck) mooda1225 disdaina1382 endeigna1382 indeign1382 risec1390 to take offencea1393 to take pepper in the nose1520 stomach1557 offenda1578 sdeigna1593 huff1598 to snuff pepper1624 check1635 to bear, owe (a person) a grudge1657 to take check1663 to take (‥) umbrage1683 to ride rusty1709 to flame out, up1753 to take a niff1777 niff1841 spleen1885 to put one's shoulder out1886 to have (or get) the spike1890 derry1896 α. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xxxii. 3 But aȝen the thre frendis of hym he dedeynede, forthi that thei hadden not founde a resounable answere. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxi. 15 The princis of prestis and scribis..dedeyneden, and seiden to hym, Heerist thou what these seyen? a1400 Relig. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 90 Þat deuyls lymme, dedeyned at þi dede. γ. 14.. Epiph. in Tundale's Vis. 108 Of whos cumyng though thou dysdeyne Hyt may not pleynly help.1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xx. f. xxviij^v They desdayned att the two brethren.1526 Bible (Tyndale) John vii. f. cxxx^v Disdayne ye at me, be cause I made a man every whit whoale?a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 97 To disdayn, ayenst natures newe estate.1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 150 Cheese and Butter is among them, but such as squemish English stomacks wil disdaine at.a1637 B. Jonson Timber 2796 in Wks. (1640) III Ajax depriv'd of Achilles's Armour..disdaines; and, growing impatient of the Injurie, rageth, and turnes mad. †4. a. transitive. To move to indignation or scorn; to offend, anger, displease. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease mislikeeOE ofthinkeOE misquemeOE likec1175 forthinka1225 mispay?c1225 annoyc1300 there glads (also gains, games) him no gleec1300 unpay1340 offenda1382 to be displeasedc1386 to step or tread on the toes ofc1394 mispleasea1400 unlikea1425 edgec1450 injurea1492 discontenta1513 disdain1530 to set (a person's) teeth on edge1535 displeasure1541 mis-set?1553 dislike1578 to tread on any one's heels or toes1710 flisk1792 unentrance1834 to tread on any one's cornsa1855 umbragea1894 the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > be indignant at or resent [verb (transitive)] > excite to indignation or resentment grieve1362 disdain1530 stomach1596 rufflea1616 disoblige1632 pique1671 huff1793 miff1811 umbragea1894 dudgeon1906 1530 tr. Caesar Commentaryes x. 12 Induciomarus was sore displeased and dysdayned at thys doynge. 1627 Vox Piscis A v b It shall nothing disdaine you; for it is no new thing, but even that which you have continually looked for. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples 18 The people..being much disdain'd that the Vice-Roy had scap'd. 1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks II. viii. 17 Fashionable amusements delight him not, and even elegant vice disdains him. †b. impersonal it disdains me: it moves my indignation, offends me. ΚΠ c1440 York Myst. v. 11 Me thoght þat he The kynde of vs tane myght, And þer-at dideyned me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1290v.c1380
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