scorn
英検準1級軽蔑する・軽蔑
意味
- (…の,…に対する)軽べつ,さげすみ《+of(for)+名》
- (…の)軽べつの的,物笑いの種《+of(to)+名》
- …を軽べつする,さげすむ
- (軽べつして)…をはねつける
例文
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
沈黙は軽蔑を表す完璧な表現である。
His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
彼の顔つきや態度には軽蔑の気持ちが表れていた。
They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.
彼らは我々の和解の試みを鼻の先で笑ってはねつけた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-West Germanic *skarnijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno). Cognate with Middle High German schern (“joke, mockery, scorn”), Old English sċierniċġe (“female entertainer, juggler, actress”).