OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 32167

contumely

/ˈkɒnt͡ʃuːməli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
contumelia • injuria • ofensa
Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.
For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time, / The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely, [...]
Think of the insults, wrongs, and contumelies, / Ye bear from your proud lords—that your hard toil / Manures their fertile fields—you plow the earth, / You sow the corn, you reap t…
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