Both Uses of
scorn
in
The Taming of the Shrew
- Nor a musician as I seem to be; But one that scorn to live in this disguise For such a one as leaves a gentleman And makes a god of such a cullion: Know, sir, that I am call'd Hortensio.†
Scene 4.2 *scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- unknit that threatening unkind brow, And dart not scornful glances from those eyes To wound thy lord, thy king, thy governor: It blots thy beauty as frosts do bite the meads, Confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds, And in no sense is meet or amiable.†
Scene 5.2scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection