† unworthnessn.
Obsolete.
1. Contempt, scorn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun]
scornc1175
scarec1275
disdainc1290
forhoghta1300
despite1340
unworthhead1340
unworthness1340
despising1382
byscorn1387
contempta1393
daina1400
dedignationc1400
vilityc1430
despisec1440
contemption1467
lightliness1479
despection1482
misprisement1483
misprizing1485
contemnment1502
fastidie1536
misprize1590
misprision1592
sdeign1595
misprisal1596
despisement1603
disesteem1603
disestimation1619
despiciency1623
despect1624
disopinion1625
under-opinion1629
despisal1650
parvipension1675
sneer1791
misesteem1832
despication1837
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 9 Wreþe oþer onworþnesse þet geþ liȝtliche..uor to harmi oþren.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 19 Zuo is onworþnesse [glossed despit] þet is wel grat zenne.
2. Worthlessness.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > worthlessness
ames-ace?a1300
noughtinessa1500
unworthness1587
worthlessness1604
vacuity1613
idlenessa1650
nothingness1652
unvaluableness1665
jackstraw1828
valuelessness1830
trashiness1857
dead-beatism1869
1587 R. Hovenden in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 212 Neyther..ded [he] respecte..rather the unworthenes of the lease then the..benefitt of the Colledge.
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