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contemned, ppl. a. (kənˈtɛmd, formerly kənˈtɛmnɪd) [f. contemn + -ed1.] Treated with contempt; despised.
1552Huloet, Contempned, contemptus, spretus. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. i. v. 289 Write loyall Cantons of contemned loue. 1614T. Adams Devil's Banquet 207 If a Rich man haue four Sonnes, the youngest or contemnedst must be the Priest. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. x. §9 The illiterate and contemn'd Mechanick. 1795Gentl. Mag. LXI. i. 519 He said it was for contemned love. Hence conˈtemnedly adv.
a1618Sylvester Du Bartas, Paradox agst. Lib., To live contemnedly With the vile vulgar sort. |