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Definition: Contumeliousness
Contumelious
\Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?or ?; 106), a. [L.
contumeliosus.]
1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent;
disdainful.
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Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak.
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Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson.
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2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. --
Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. --
Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.
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