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单词 incontemptible
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incontemptibleadj.

Etymology: in- prefix4.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: inconˈtemptible.
Defined by N.E.D. as ‘not to be despised’ and cited from Johnson's Debates in Parliament (1787). The original text, however, reads ‘contemptible’ (see below).
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1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. June 297 New Arguments equally inconclusive and contemptible.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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