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单词 contemning
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contemningn.

Brit. /kənˈtɛmɪŋ/, /kənˈtɛmnɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmɪŋ/
Forms: see contemn v. and -ing suffix1; also Scottish pre-1700 contemnying.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: contemn v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < contemn v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier contempt n.
The action of contemn v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of holding in contempt
indignationc1374
contemning1457
scorninga1475
vilipensionc1485
disprizing1500
despitinga1529
vilipending1566
disesteeming1605
floccinaucinihilipilification1741
1457 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 183 In gret lychtleing and contempinge of justice and law.
1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant Shyppe of Fooles (de Worde) lxxxii. sig. T.iv (heading) Of the grete contempnynge and dyspraysynge of god.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) i. f. 14v To be lustie in contemning of others.
1623 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. VII. O.T. xix. 243 It is no contemning of a foiled enemy.
a1631 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. (1642) 172 Full of..whisperings, evill speakings, and manifold breakings, or rather flat contemnings of the ninth commandement.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. i. 4 His contemning of..them as common and vulgar. View more context for this quotation
1826 Ohio Repository 29 June An expression of contempt for an old newspaper is..not more rational than would be the contemning of Hume's England, because many years have elapsed since it was written.
1888 Harper's New Monthly Mag. Aug. 453/2 An austere contemning of this world [was] the surest passport to the next.
1956 Explicator 15 The poem is a lyric utterance, a Keatsian contemning of mortal limitations.
2016 G. N. Goodman Physical, Human, & Moral Geographies of Judaea in Tacitus’s Histories & Josephus (M.A. thesis, Univ. of Kansas) 51 After the contemning of the gods.., the final precept taught to the convert to Judaism, argues Tacitus, is to hold parents, children, and siblings as worthless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

contemningadj.

Brit. /kənˈtɛmɪŋ/, /kənˈtɛmnɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: contemn v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < contemn v. + -ing suffix2.
That displays or expresses contempt towards a person or thing; contemptuous; scornful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous
ollinga1200
hokerfula1275
scorningc1325
deignousc1330
despitousa1340
disdainousc1374
lightlya1400
scornfula1400
despiteous14..
endeignousc1400
hathlya1425
spitefulc1440
despitefula1450
fastidious?a1475
contemptuous1534
disdainfula1542
huff-nosed1542
lightliful1552
dainful1577
contemptible1594
sdeignful1596
disdained1598
contemptful1604
contemning1605
overlookinga1619
slight1632
slightinga1637
slightya1640
despisable1644
despicable1662
sneering1692
scornful1704
saucy1716
vilipendinga1722
fastidiose1730
unappreciating1833
scorny1836
high-sniffing1837
sniffy1871
sneery1872
sneerful1880
pejorativea1888
dismissive1930
sniffish1933
fuck you1962
1605 W. Camden Remaines ii. 49 Philosophers which prefixde their names before their Treatises of contemning glorie.
1657 W. Stuart Presbyteries Triall v. 39 Their proud contemning words, vttered publlckly agrinst [sic] persons of greatest quality, are well enough-knowen.
1709 Brit. Apollo: Supernumerary Paper Apr. And with Contemning Silence pass me by.
1772 Lady's Mag. Jan. 37/2 By all despis'd, from shame to shame she's hurl'd, Amidst the scorns of a contemning world.
1847 Metrop. Mag. Jan. 37 Nought's too mean for God's peculiar care, And nought's too great for his contemning ban.
1905 Washington Post 8 Aug. 6/1 When such a man..modestly faces a contemning world and hands out..the results of his years of toil and privation.
1981 W. M. Murphy Parnell Myth & Irish Politics (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Chicago) v. 114 In this passage Parnell's contemning attitude is excessively independent (i.e., aloof and arrogant).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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