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dédain, dédaigneux

le dédain, dédaigneux (FR N-M) disdain, extreme dislike; (ADJ) disdainful, haughty, superior, mistrustful. First appears in French in 1160 spelled desdaing, from Latin dignare (to deem worthy). (Apollinaire, Banville)

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