n.
- contempt or disdain expressed openly.
- archaic a statement or gesture showing contempt.
v.
- express scorn for.
- reject in a contemptuous way.
Derivative
- scorner n.
- scornful adj.
- scornfully adv.
- scornfulness n.
Etymology
ME: shortening of OFr. escarn (n.), escharnir (v.), of Gmc origin.