All 3 Uses
disdain
in
Cyrano de Bergerac
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- In short, Disdaining tendrils of the parasite, To be content, if neither oak nor elm— Not to mount high, perchance, but mount alone!†
Act 2disdaining = rejecting as not good enough; or showing a lack of respect
- ROXANE (disdainfully): Oh!†
Act 3 *disdainfully = with a lack of respect; or with a sense of superiority
- 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!†
Act 4disdain = a lack of respect
Definitions:
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(1)
(disdain) to disrespect or reject as unworthy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)