Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Deserving scorn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Deserving scorn; paltry.
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- adjective obsolete Deserving
scorn ;paltry .
Etymologies
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Examples
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That can only be the scorn-talk of a woman, you are very scorny.
Think Progress » Santorum: Bush’s Iraq Approach Is ‘Lincolnesque’ 2007
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At first he seemed dazed with unbelief, and then he became scorny and sniffy and shruggy and smiley, and though he says little about his successor, whom he hasn't seen yet, his manner indicates that as a substitute for himself he considers him an insult.
Kitty Canary Kate Langley Bosher 1898
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'hops,' and I believe it's only "hops" arter all that's scorny.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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'hops,' and I believe it's only "hops" arter all that's scorny.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"The only thing you get for nothin 'here is rain and smoke, the rumatiz, and scorny airs.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Volume 01 Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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"The only thing you get for nothin 'here is rain and smoke, the rumatiz, and scorny airs.
The Attaché; or, Sam Slick in England — Complete Thomas Chandler Haliburton 1830
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