CONTUMELY
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Con"tu*me*ly (?), n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
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The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely.
Shak.
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Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely.
Burke.
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