disdainous

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English disdeynous, from Old French desdeignos, desdaigneux (French dédaigneux). === Adjective === disdainous (comparative more disdainous, superlative most disdainous) (obsolete) disdainful ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “disdainous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.