Both Uses of
spurn
in
Black Boy
- Angered by having been hauled into court, my father now spurned us completely.†
Chpt 1.1 *spurned = rejected as not good enough
- Contemporary plays dealing realistically with Negro life were spurned as being controversial.†
Chpt 2.19
Definitions:
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(1)
(spurn) reject as not good enough
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, and archaically, spurn can mean to strike or kick.