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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1499-1500, 1567-1626
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Scornful, adj. Also: scorne-, skornefull. [ME and e.m.E. skornefulle (a1400); Scorn n.] a. Full of scorn; contemptuous. Also transf. b. Deserving of scorn; contemptible. —a. a1500 Henr. Test. Cress. 86.
Quhat euer men deme or say In scornefull langage of thy brukkilnes 1622-6 Bisset I 77/22.
Nor have I used … skornefull wordis [etc.] —transf. a1568 Montg. Bannatyne MS I p. 51/4.
Weill is the man … Quha … dois [not] begin To sit with mokkaris in thair scornefull [Mindes Mel. i. 8 scornful] saitis —b. a1578 Pitsc. II 68/29.
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