Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See dainous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Haughty; disdainful.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete haughty; disdainful

Etymologies

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For disdeignous, Old French desdeignos, desdaigneus, French dédaigneux. See disdain.

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