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Etymology
From OF. contumelie, from L. contumelia, perhaps from com- + tumere ‘to swell’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'kÉ’ntju:m(É™)li/

Noun
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1. rude|Rude language or behaviour; scorn, insult.

#* RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet
#*: For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,/ The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, …
#* 1976: Robert Nye, Falstaff
#*: I could think of no words adequate to the occasion. So I belched. Not out of contumely, you understand. It was a sympathetic belch, a belch of brotherhood.

Translations
trans-top|rude language or behaviour
Dutch: t-|nl|spot|m, t-|nl|hoon|m, t|nl|belediging|f, t+|nl|grof|alt=grove t+|nl|taal|f
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• 2007-11-13 12:29 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates

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