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单词 contumely
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contumelyn.

/ˈkɒntjuːmɪli/
Etymology: < Old French contumelie, < Latin contumēlia abuse, insult, reproach; in origin probably cognate with contumax adj., in which the stem part tum- is of disputed etymology.
1. Insolent reproach or abuse; insulting or offensively contemptuous language or treatment; despite; scornful rudeness; now, esp. such contemptuous treatment as tends to inflict dishonour and humiliation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > abusive language
teleeOE
conteckc1380
contumelyc1386
flitec1400
abuse1559
doggery?1577
vinegar-railing1609
Billingsgate1676
slangwhang1834
tongue-plague1853
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun]
despite1297
conteckc1380
reproofa1382
contumelyc1386
villainya1400
cagment1504
injury?1518
mispersoning1522
opprobry1569
disgrace1592
baffling1602
affronting1611
insultance?1615
confronta1626
abusiveness1633
confrontmentc1635
baffle1647
insultancy1655
contumeliousness1657
disobliging1692
affrontingness1730
insultation1755
insulting1837
ranking1954
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋480 The sinne of contumelie or strif and cheste.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. avv Detraction is priuely, contumely is openly done.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 159 Those that hearde tearmes of contumely thundred against your grace.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 73 Th' oppressors wrong, the proude mans contumely . View more context for this quotation
?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique i. 70 Contumely, is the disgracing of another for his own pastime.
1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 265 To join contumely to cruelty.
1844 Hood's Mag. May 417 Perishing gloomily, Spurr'd by contumely.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xi. 97 Which Mrs. Pipchin had, with contumely and scorn, rejected.
2. (with a and plural) An instance of contumely; an insult, an insolent reproach, a piece of scornful or contemptuous insolence.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > an insult
bismer971
unworshipc1200
hard wordc1225
despite1297
dishonourc1320
conteckc1380
reproofa1382
filthc1400
rebukec1425
contumelyc1450
probrec1460
reproacha1513
abusion1570
disgrace1586
affront1588
mockery1603
disobligement1635
disobligation1655
contumelacy1657
insult1671
humps and grumps1727
foul-mouthing1821
mudball1846
slam1884
burn1942
a kick in the teeth1972
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3694 In Jerusalem of his contumelies and the place of his passionne.
1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 248 He should have contumelies, and reproches, ringing about his eares.
c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iii. 276 Who, pressing me with contumelies, dare Such things as past the power of utt'rance are.
1713 Steele in Englishm. No. 15. 97 A Freeman..will vindicate himself from all Contumelies.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) I. 126 The pedlars find satisfaction for all contumelies in making good bargains.
3. Contemptuous insult as it affects the sufferer: disgrace, reproach, humiliation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun]
unworshipc888
bismerc893
shameOE
shondOE
shendnessc1000
shendinga1220
shendlaca1225
slander1297
brixlea1300
shendship1303
hounteec1330
dishonourc1380
reproofc1380
defamationa1387
dishonestyc1386
hountagec1390
defamea1393
disworshipa1400
mishonoura1400
villainya1400
shendc1400
rebukec1425
contemptc1430
reproach?a1439
reprobationa1450
disfamec1460
opprobry?a1475
lackc1480
shentc1480
vitupery1489
defamy1490
opprobre1490
dain?a1500
contemnment1502
ignominy?1527
scandalization1530
ignomy1534
contumely1555
disglory1567
dehonestationa1575
disgrace1592
attainder1597
disreputation1601
defaming1611
ignominiousness1655
adoxy1656
opprobrium1684
shonda1961
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 137 The king thynketh it to sounde greatly to his contumely and reproche.
1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 18 It..casteth a kind of contumely upon the author of it.
1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iii. 48 He would outlive humiliation, contumely and hardship.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

contumelyv.

Etymology: < Old French contumelie-r, < contumelie : see contumely n.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To treat with contumely; to reproach insolently, insult.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [verb (transitive)]
heanc950
to say or speak (one) shamec950
to say or speak shame of, on, byc950
affrontc1330
dispersona1400
to say language against1423
insautc1425
contumely1483
cag1504
to put (a person) to villainya1513
fuffle1536
to bring, drive to scorn1569
ascorn1570
affrent1578
injure?a1600
insult1620
to put a scorn on, upon1633
upbraid1665
topa1700
chopse1854
burn1914
rank1934
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 424/1 She..said many Iniuryes & vylonyes to fyacre contumeleyng & blasphemyng hym.
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