disdain

• n.軽蔑
• vt.軽蔑する

dis-,しない,ない,反対にする。-dain,軽蔑する, -dign,威厳, 語源的にはdignity, decentと同じ.

disdain

disdain: [14] Disdain comes via Old French desdeigner from *disdignāre, a Vulgar Latin alteration of Latin dēdignāri ‘scorn’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘un-, not’ and dignāre ‘consider worthy’ (source of English deign [13]).
=> dainty, deign, dignity

disdain (v.)

late 14c., from Old French desdeignier "disdain, scorn, refuse, repudiate," from des- "do the opposite of" (see dis-) + deignier "treat as worthy" (see deign). Related: Disdained; disdaining.

disdain (n.)

mid-14c., desdegne "scorn, contempt," earlier dedeyne "offended dignity" (c. 1300), from Old French desdeigne, from desdeignier (see disdain (v.)). Sometimes in early Modern English shortened to sdain, sdainful. Related: disdainful; disdainfully.

1. She shared her daughter 's disdain for her fellow countrymen.

彼女も娘も自分の同胞を見ることができない。

2.Janet looked at him with disdain .

ジャネットは軽蔑しながら彼を見ていた。

3.to treat sb with disdain

誰かを軽蔑

4.I would certainly disdain to live in such tiny flats.

私はもちろんこんな小さなユニットルームには住みたくありません。

5.Some people disdain labour.

労働を軽視する人もいる。