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scorn

/sˈkɔːn/SKAWRN
/sˈkɔɹn/SKAWRN

Meaningmockery

Common meaning: contempt

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchescarn‘scorn, derision’source
  2. Middle Englishscornsource
  3. Englishscorn‘contempt’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French escarn ‘mockery’.

Roots

  • escarn Old French “mockery”

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