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▪ I. scorning, vbl. n.|ˈskɔːnɪŋ|
[f. scorn v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb scorn.
a1205Lay. 2791 Nefden heo of heore kinge buten heora scærninge. a1240Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 207 Bi his scornunge and bi his spotlunge and bufettunge. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 12484 Ȝyt wyl y warne þe of o þyng, Yn shryfte make þou no skornyng. c1386Chaucer Pars. T. 635 Afterward speke we of scornynge which is a wikked synne. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 291 in Babees Bk., Speke not lowd be war of mowynge & scornynge. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 250 b, And here consyder with thankes, the paynes & illusyons or scornynges that he suffred. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. ii. 152 Breaches of charity..by the wincking and scorning of our eyes. 17..Ramsay Throw the Wood iii, I'm fash'd wi' their scorning. 1833Tennyson Goose 42 He took the goose upon his arm, He utter'd words of scorning.
†b. Phr. to laugh or take to scorning. Obs.
13..Cursor M. 1830 (Gött.) Quen þai forsoke his sarmoning And toke his speche to scorning. Ibid. 2028 Cam..was vnkind enogh, To skorning he his fader logh.
▪ II. scorning, ppl. a.|ˈskɔːnɪŋ|
[f. scorn v. + -ing2.]
That scorns; scornful, contemptuous.
c1325Lei le Freine 62 A proude dame..Squeymous and eke scorning. c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 346 The skornynge lay. 1483Cath. Angl. 324/1 Scornande, deridens, illudens. 1582Stanyhurst æneis i. (Arb.) 18 And Paris his scorning iudgement dooth burne in her entrayls.
Hence ˈscorningly adv.
c1440Gesta Rom. xxiii. (Add. MS.) 80 The Porter toke all his wordes in scorne; neverthelesse scornyngly he went to the Emperesse,..and told her all the prive tokens that he had herd. |