All 3 Uses of
disdain
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
- In short, Disdaining tendrils of the parasite, To be content, if neither oak nor elm— Not to mount high, perchance, but mount alone!†
Act 2
- ROXANE (disdainfully): Oh! you?†
Act 3 *
- Ay, Sirs, on all sides I hear that in your ranks you scoff at me; That the Cadets, these loutish, mountain-bred, Poor country squires, and barons of Perigord, Scarce find for me—their Colonel—a disdain Sufficient! call me plotter, wily courtier!†
Act 4
Definition:
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(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy