Contumely

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by Webster 1913

Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:42:28

Con"tu*me*ly (?), n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.]

Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak.

Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke.

Sedition Act of 1918	Rump Parliament	Webster 1913 is a fake	The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women
Contumacy	Frankenstein: Chapter 24	Contumacious	Desuetude
Extricate	Paucity	To be or not to be	Insolence
Haughtiness	contempt	selfplex	Labile
collage	tedium

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