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*disdain [0][1] (perhaps unless you're writing historical fiction or fantasy) 0: https://grammarist.com/spelling/disdain-or-distain/ https://grammarist.com/spe
by reaperman 3y ago
*disdain [0][1] (perhaps unless you're writing historical fiction or fantasy)
0: https://grammarist.com/spelling/disdain-or-distain/ https://grammarist.com/spelling/disdain-or-distain/
1: The only known use of the noun distain is in the late 1500s. OED's only evidence for distain is from 1581, in the writing of Barnaby Rich, soldier and author. It is also recorded as a verb from the Middle English period (1150—1500).