escharnir

Old French

Alternative forms

  • escharnier, eschernir
  • escarnir, esquernir (northern)
  • escornir, eschurnir (rare, from a variant *scornīre or reborrowed from Middle English scornen, scurnen)

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin *scarnīre, *scernīre, of uncertain origin.

Verb

escharnir

  1. (chiefly transitive) To slander, ridicule, or mock; to show contempt or derision for.

Derived terms

  • eschar
  • escharnissement
  • escharnisseor

Descendants

  • Bourguignon: écharni
  • Champenois: écharnir
  • Middle French: escharnir
    • French: écharnir (dialectal)
  • → Middle English: scornen, schorne, schornyn, scorn, scorne, skorne, skornyn, scorni (Kent), skorny (Southern), skarnenn (Ormulum)
    • ⇒? Middle English: scurnen (possibly; see that entry for discussion)

References

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