contumelious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmiː.li.əs/    美 /ˌkɑn.tʊˈmiː.li.əs/|/ˌkɑn.tjuˈmiː.li.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude. archaic,literary
    — VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.

词形变化

more contumelious comparative most contumelious superlative

词源

From Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumēliōsus (“insulting; abusive”), from contumēlia (“affront, abuse, insult”).
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