† ˈsdeignful, a. Obs.
Also 6 sdainfull, 8 'sdeignfull.
[f. sdeign n. + -ful.]
Disdainful.
| 1596 Spenser F.Q. v. ii. 33 In sdeignfull wize he drew vnto him neare. 1598 Tofte Alba (1880) 22 A Sdainfull thought through Hatred doth arise. 1600 Fairfax Tasso vii. xlii. 125 The Prince (whose lookes his sdainfull anger show). Ibid. xx. cxxviii. 389 She shrikes, and twines away her sdeignfull eies. 1748 Shenstone Schoolmistress xxix. in Dodsley Poems I. 259 As he who now with 'sdeignfull fury thrill'd Surveys mine work; and levels many a sneer. |