mid-14c.; see scorn (n.) + -ful. Scorny was 19c. U.S. colloquial. Related: Scornfully; scornfulness.
scorcher
score
scoreless
scorn
scorner
scornful
Scorpio
scorpion
Scot
Scotch
scotch
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