contemptibilityn.

Brit.

/kənˌtɛm(p)tɪˈbɪlɪti/, U.S.

/kənˌtɛm(p)təˈbɪlᵻdi/

Forms: 1500s contemptibilite, 1600s contemptibilitie, 1600s– contemptibility.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemptibilitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin contemptibilitas quality of being contemptible, contemptuousness (5th cent.) < classical Latin contemptibilis contemptible adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).Compare Middle French contemptibilité infirmity, physical handicap (15th cent. in an isolated attestation).

†1. The quality of being lowly or humble. Cf. contemptible adj. 2. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1529 S. Fish tr. H. Bomelius Summe Holye Script. xvi. sig. I.i^v Humilite, contemptibilite [Du. verworpenheit], sobriete, pacyens and povertie they haue forgetten.

2. The quality or fact of being contemptible; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible

shendfulness?c1225

wretchdom?c1225

wretchedness1389

caitifhedea1400

vilitya1425

despectuousness1447

lousiness1530

scornfulness1535

meanness1556

contemptibleness1574

worthlessness1604

contemptibility1611

caitifness1649

despicableness1653

pitifulness1670

despisableness1673

paltriness1727

shabbiness1827

despicability1830

piggery1854

wormishness1925

shittiness1929

scuzziness1980

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xi. 555/2 The contemptibilitie and vanitie of this effeminate argument.

1793 R. Burns Let. July (2003) II. 220 The old Ballad..is silly, to contemptibility.

1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden vii. 138 What a pitiful trouble human life is, how full of..degradations, shames, contemptibilities, and meannesses.

1960 Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 6 Aug. 15/2 An anonymous attack in the night..settles nothing except the absolute contemptibility of its perpetrators.

2001 Crit. Inq. 28 149 Gulliver studies so intently his own impotence, ugliness, contemptibility, and disgrace that he conceives himself to be an animal.

†3. Contemptuousness; scornfulness. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptuous

deignoushedec1330

despitefulness1535

scornfulness1535

disdainfulness1548

contemptuousness1574

despisableness1613

despisingness1625

slightingness1683

contemptibility?1794

sneerfulness1873

sniffiness1927

snottiness1973

dismissiveness1980

?1794 ‘A. Pasquin’ Cabinet of Misc. Ded. p. vii The contemptibility and malignancy of the Reviewers can do but a small injury to any author of merit.

1875 Sporting Times 29 May 331/2 You ar a nasty sneerin beest and Mr. Mortimore will treat you with spurn and contemptibility.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	contemptibility
释义	contemptibilityn. Brit. /kənˌtɛm(p)tɪˈbɪlɪti/, U.S. /kənˌtɛm(p)təˈbɪlᵻdi/ Forms: 1500s contemptibilite, 1600s contemptibilitie, 1600s– contemptibility. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemptibilitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin contemptibilitas quality of being contemptible, contemptuousness (5th cent.) < classical Latin contemptibilis contemptible adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix).Compare Middle French contemptibilité infirmity, physical handicap (15th cent. in an isolated attestation). †1. The quality of being lowly or humble. Cf. contemptible adj. 2. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1529 S. Fish tr. H. Bomelius Summe Holye Script. xvi. sig. I.i^v Humilite, contemptibilite [Du. verworpenheit], sobriete, pacyens and povertie they haue forgetten. 2. The quality or fact of being contemptible; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible shendfulness?c1225 wretchdom?c1225 wretchedness1389 caitifhedea1400 vilitya1425 despectuousness1447 lousiness1530 scornfulness1535 meanness1556 contemptibleness1574 worthlessness1604 contemptibility1611 caitifness1649 despicableness1653 pitifulness1670 despisableness1673 paltriness1727 shabbiness1827 despicability1830 piggery1854 wormishness1925 shittiness1929 scuzziness1980 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xi. 555/2 The contemptibilitie and vanitie of this effeminate argument. 1793 R. Burns Let. July (2003) II. 220 The old Ballad..is silly, to contemptibility. 1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden vii. 138 What a pitiful trouble human life is, how full of..degradations, shames, contemptibilities, and meannesses. 1960 Oelwein (Iowa) Daily Reg. 6 Aug. 15/2 An anonymous attack in the night..settles nothing except the absolute contemptibility of its perpetrators. 2001 Crit. Inq. 28 149 Gulliver studies so intently his own impotence, ugliness, contemptibility, and disgrace that he conceives himself to be an animal. †3. Contemptuousness; scornfulness. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptuous deignoushedec1330 despitefulness1535 scornfulness1535 disdainfulness1548 contemptuousness1574 despisableness1613 despisingness1625 slightingness1683 contemptibility?1794 sneerfulness1873 sniffiness1927 snottiness1973 dismissiveness1980 ?1794 ‘A. Pasquin’ Cabinet of Misc. Ded. p. vii The contemptibility and malignancy of the Reviewers can do but a small injury to any author of merit. 1875 Sporting Times 29 May 331/2 You ar a nasty sneerin beest and Mr. Mortimore will treat you with spurn and contemptibility. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1529
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