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▪ I. disˈdaining, vbl. n. [f. disdain v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb disdain; the expression of disdain or scorn.
1556Aurelio & Isab. (1608) B vj, That the sodain disdaining rendred him rigorouser. a1631Donne Dial. w. Sir H. Wotton (T.), Say her disdainings justly must be grac'd With name of chast. 1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. x. 19 In thy place is stept Disdaining vile, And Flatterie, base sonne of Need and Shame. 1722E. Haywood Brit. Recluse 131 Her very Countenance discover'd the secret Disdainings of her Soul. ▪ II. disˈdaining, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That disdains; disdainful, scornful. Hence disˈdainingly adv.
c1485Digby Myst. iv. 1352 To be scornyd most dedenynglye. 1519W. Horman Vulg. 116 He goeth statly, and disdaynyngly. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. iii. (1632) 462 The Noble Helias disdainingly storming. |