CONTUMELIOUS

contumelious

(adjective) arrogantly insolent

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

contumelious (comparative more contumelious, superlative most contumelious)

(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.

Synonyms

• (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

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