Word of the Day: DEIGNOUS

ETYMOLOGY
apparently  a shortened form of dedeignous (disdainous), French dédaigneux, Old French desdeignous 

EXAMPLE
“… Boste & deignouse pride & ille avisement
Mishapnes oftentide, & dos many be schent.
þe proude kyng Pharaon, þat chaced Israel, [Exempla viciorum, quibus gra|tia extin|guitur.]
Dronkeld euerilkon, & Gode’s folk went wel.
Sodom & Gomor fulle vile synne þat stank,
Boþe for euer more doun tille helle þei sank. …”

From: Robert Mannyng of Brunne, The Chronicle, c1330