To treat someone with contempt or mockery; to scorn thoroughly or completely.
From 'be-' (thoroughly) + 'scorn' (from Old Norse 'skorna'). This verb intensifies the meaning of scorn, suggesting deep and complete disdain rather than casual mockery.
Medieval writers loved turning 'scorn' into 'bescorn' to really emphasize how someone was being totally dismissed and ridiculed. It's like the difference between someone rolling their eyes at you versus someone making it their life mission to mock you publicly.
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