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scornee

scornee noun: one who is scorned.

Noun

scornee (plural scornees)

  1. (nonce-word, rare) One who is scorned.
    • On the premiere, the scornees are sent to a life coach, Debbie Ford, who runs an emotional boot camp in Palm Springs, Calif.2007 May 31, Alessandra Stanley, “Social Climbing to Starting Over: A First Wife’s Lot”, in New York Times

Forms of scornee

pluralscornees

Origin of scornee

From scorn + -ee.

Questions about scornee

What does scornee mean?
Scornee means one who is scorned.
What part of speech is scornee?
Scornee is a noun.
What is the plural of scornee?
The plural of scornee is scornees.

Words near scornee in the dictionary

  1. scorn
  2. scorn'd
  3. scorne
  4. scorned
  5. scornedst
  6. scornee
  7. scornees
  8. scorner
  9. scorners
  10. scornest
  11. scorneth

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