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disdainous

disdainous adjective: disdainful.

Adjective

disdainous (comparative more disdainous, superlative most disdainous)

  1. (obsolete) disdainful
    • whom thou hast lost by thy unkind words, by thy scorns, mocks, and other disdainous words and behavioursa. 1556 (date written), Hugh Latimer, “The Second of Master Hugh Latimer’s Two Sermons of the Card.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, and Constant Martyr of Jesus Christ, Hugh...

Forms of disdainous

comparativemore disdainous
superlativemost disdainous

Origin of disdainous

From Middle English disdeynous, from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux).

Words formed from disdainous

Questions about disdainous

What does disdainous mean?
Disdainous means disdainful.
What part of speech is disdainous?
Disdainous is an adjective.

Words near disdainous in the dictionary

  1. disdainfulness
  2. disdaining
  3. disdainingly
  4. disdainings
  5. disdainly
  6. disdainous
  7. disdainously
  8. disdains
  9. disdar
  10. disdars
  11. disdeified

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