Contumeliousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contumelious \Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?or ?; 106), a. [L.
     contumeliosus.]
     1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent;
        disdainful.
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              Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak.
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              Curving a contumelious lip.           --Tennyson.
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     2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. --
        {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness}, n.
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