different between deign vs indignation
deign
English
Etymology
From Middle English deignen, from Old French deignier (“consider worthy”), from Latin d?gn?, d?gn?r? (“consider worthy”), from d?gnus (“worthy”). Cognate to dignity and French daigner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
- Homophones: Dane
Verb
deign (third-person singular simple present deigns, present participle deigning, simple past and past participle deigned)
- (intransitive) To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
- He didn't even deign to give us a nod of the head; he thought us that far beneath him.
- (transitive) To condescend to give; to do something.
- (obsolete) To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed[ward] Blout, plublished 1623, ?OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 21, column 1:
- Go, go, be gone, to ?aue your Ship from wrack, / Which cannot peri?h hauing thee aboarde, / Being de?tin’d to a drier death on ?hore?: / I mu?t goe ?end ?ome better Me??enger, / I fear my Iulia would not daigne my lines, / Receiuing them from ?uch a worthle??e po?t.
- c. 1590, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard and Ed[ward] Blout, plublished 1623, ?OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 21, column 1:
Related terms
- deem
- dignity
See also
- condescend
- spare
- suffer
Translations
Anagrams
- Edgin, digne, dinge, gnide, nidge
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indignation
English
Etymology
From Middle English indignacioun, borrowed from Old French indignation, from Latin indign?ti?, from indignor (“to scorn, resent”), from indignus (“unworthy, not fitting”), from in- (“not”) + dignus (“worthy, appropriate”). Attested since ca. 1374. Doublet of indignatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.d??.?ne?.??n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
indignation (countable and uncountable, plural indignations)
- An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
- A self-righteous anger or disgust.
Related terms
- deign
- dignify
- indign
- indignant
- undignified
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin indign?ti?, indign?ti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.di.?a.sj??/
Noun
indignation f (plural indignations)
- Indignation
Related terms
- indigne
- indignement
- indigner
- indignité
Further reading
- “indignation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Noun
indignation
- Alternative form of indignacioun
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