contumelious
(adjective) arrogantly insolent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
contumelious (comparative more contumelious, superlative most contumelious)
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
• (rudely contemptuous): disdainful, insolent
Source: Wiktionary
Con`tu*me"li*ous (or ; 106), a. Etym: [L. contumeliosus.]
1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. Tennyson.
2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
– Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv.
– Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 September 2024
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
