1disdainful, contemptuous, arrogant:
(
1268;
MS: c.1300
)
Orguillus de porture, dedeignus De parole
10061
(
MS: s.xiv4/4
)
Si vous alez, cum surd, avant [...] Om dira delez vous Ke vous estes desdeignous
72.40
♦
unfriendly, inimical:
(
MS: s.xiv1/3
)
Chien desdigneus san viande se chouche
425.21
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