† byscornn.
Obsolete. rare.
Contempt, scorn.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun]
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scarec1275
disdainc1290
forhoghta1300
despite1340
unworthhead1340
unworthness1340
despising1382
byscorn1387
contempta1393
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dedignationc1400
vilityc1430
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contemption1467
lightliness1479
despection1482
misprisement1483
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contemnment1502
fastidie1536
misprize1590
misprision1592
sdeign1595
misprisal1596
despisement1603
disesteem1603
disestimation1619
despiciency1623
despect1624
disopinion1625
under-opinion1629
despisal1650
parvipension1675
sneer1791
misesteem1832
despication1837
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (1865) I. 179 Ymages of false goddes..he broȝte to byskorne and bysmere.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
† byscornv.
Obsolete.
transitive. To cover with scorn.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > pour contempt upon
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hokerc1275
bescornc1386
byscornc1386
to laugh or take to scorninga1400
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋204 Thanne was he bescorned [v.r. by-scorned, bi-scorned].
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16611 Þe riche men bi-scornd him.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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- myriadest
- myriadflaking
- myriadfold
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- myriadhanded
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- myriadjewelled
- myriadlimbed
- myriadminded
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- myriadmurmuring
- myriadravelled
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- myriads
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