sdeignEtymologyFrom Italian sdegnare, aphetic form of disdegnare; later also taken as a shortening of disdain.sdeign means to disdain. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.verbTo disdain.“Which when those knights beheld, with scornefull eye They sdeigned such lascivious disport, And loath'd the loose demeanure of that wanton sort.”