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Word: Deign
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French degnier, from Latin dignare, dignari ‘deem worthy’, from dignus ‘worthy’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
deɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity
Short Definition:do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity
Examples:- she did not deign to answer the maid's question
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