disdainous

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

disdainous (comparative more disdainous, superlative most disdainous)

1. (obsolete) disdainful

Derived terms

• disdainously

 

References

• “disdainous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.