† ˈdeignous, a. Obs.
Forms: 4 deignouse, 4–5 deynous, 5 deinous, 5–6 daynous, 6 daynnous, 5–7 deignous.
[app. a shortened form of dedeignous, disdainous, F. dédaigneux, OF. desdeignous (12th c. in Hatzf.): cf. dain v.
(Earlier examples of dedeignous, dedainous, than of deignous are not yet known; but the history of disdain shows that they may well have existed.)]
Disdainful, proud, haughty.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 289 Deignouse pride & ille avisement. c 1374 Chaucer Troylus i. 290 Her chere, Which sumdel deynous was. c 1430 Lydg. Bochas v. xxiv. (1554) 138 a, Nothing..more deynous, nor more vntreatable Than whan a begger hath dominacion. c 1440 Ipomydon 1122 A proude knyght and a daynous. a 1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary iii. i, One Harlotha, Concubine To deignous Wilhelme, hight the Conqueror. |
Hence † ˈdeignoushede (deyn-), disdainfulness, haughtiness; † ˈdeignously (deyn-, dayn-) adv., disdainfully.
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 129 For deynoushede & pride. c 1440 Partonope 3434 Many one That loked vpon hym full deynously. a 1529 Skelton Bouge of Court Prol. 82 And gan on me to stare Ful daynously. |