Son takes cereal and feeds every second one having expressed disdain (7)
I believe the answer is:
scorned
'son takes cereal and feeds every second one having expressed disdain' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'son takes cereal and feeds every second' is the wordplay.
'son' becomes 's' (genealogical abbreviation for son).
'takes' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'cereal' becomes 'corn' (corn is a kind of cereal).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'every second' means one should take alternating letters (I've seen 'every second of' mean this).
The alternate letters of 'feeds' are 'ed'.
's'+'corn'+'ed'='SCORNED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scorned that I've seen before include "Treated with contempt" , "Derided" , "''Hell hath no fury like a woman .. . . . . .''" , "Dismissed" .)