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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'contumely' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions contumely noun  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 , " 1976: Robert Nye, Falstaff : I could think of no words adequate to the occasion. So I belched. Not out of , you understand. It was a sympathetic belch, a belch of brotherhood. Translations:  Dutch: grof(nl, spot, m}}, f(nl, hoon, m}}, {{t, nl, belediging), taal(nl)alt=grove {{t+, nl)f (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) Etymology: From contumelie, from contumelia, perhaps from com- + tumere "to swell".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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