scorn

• n. 軽蔑；嘲笑；軽蔑の対象
• vt.軽蔑する；軽蔑する；軽蔑する
• vi.軽蔑を表す；軽蔑を示す

古フランス語のescarn（嘲笑する、軽蔑する）を書き直したもので、原語ゲルマン語*skarnjan（嘲笑する、あざ笑う）に由来し、おそらくPIE*sker（切る、切り裂く）が語源であろう。 その語源的進化は、傷つける、傷口に塩を塗り込む、嘲笑する、あざ笑う、かもしれない。

scorn

scorn: [12] Scorn reached English via Old French, but it is ultimately of Germanic origin. Its immediate source was Old French escharnir, a descendant of Vulgar Latin *escarnīre. This had been borrowed from a prehistoric Germanic *skarnjan ‘mock, deride, make fun of’. A product of the same base was Middle High German scherz ‘joke, jest’, which was borrowed into Italian as scherzo and subsequently made its way into English as the musical term scherzo ‘lively passage’ [19].
=> scherzo

scorn (n.)

c. 1200, a shortening of Old French escarn "mockery, derision, contempt," a common Romanic word (Spanish escarnio, Italian scherno) of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *skarnjan "mock, deride" (cognates: Old High German skern "mockery, jest, sport," Middle High German scherzen "to jump with joy").

Probably influenced by Old French escorne "affront, disgrace," which is a back-formation from escorner, literally "to break off (someone's) horns," from Vulgar Latin *excornare (source of Italian scornare "treat with contempt"), from Latin ex- "without" (see ex-) + cornu "horn" (see horn (n.)).

scorn (v.)

c. 1200, from Anglo-French, Old North French escarnir (Old French escharnir), from the source of scorn (n.). Cognate with Old High German skernon, Middle Dutch schernen. Related: Scorned; scorning. Forms in Romanic languages influenced by confusion with Old French escorner "deprive of horns," hence "deprive of honor or ornament, disgrace."

1. Sequins have often aroused the scorn of arbiters of taste.

フラッシュ装飾片は、ファッションリーダーの軽蔑を招くことが多い。

2.He used to heap scorn on Dr Vazquez 's socialist ideas.

彼は以前バスク博士の社会主義的観点を嘲笑していた。

3.He became the object of ridicule and scorn .

彼は嘲弄と軽蔑の対象となった。

4.Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn .

研究員たちはこの提案を鼻で笑っている。

5.Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn .

他の先生は彼女の提案にそっぽを向いている。