潔いさぎよし

noun

pride; disdain

Classical noun form of 潔い (いさぎよい), expressing a sense of honorable pride or contempt for what is base. Rare in modern Japanese outside of literary or historical contexts.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「潔いさぎよしとしない」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old texts, the expression '潔しとしない' (to disdain, to consider beneath one's honor) can be found.