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contemnere and from con-
intensive prefix +
temnere "to slight, scorn";
contemptuous appeared in 1529.
Ekman and
Friesen (1986)
identified a
specific facial...
- than
being compensatory, at
common law
damages may
instead be nominal,
contemptuous or exemplary.
Among the Saxons, a
monetary value called a
weregild was...
-
derogatory (critical or disrespectful),
pejorative (disapproving or
contemptuous), or
insulting manner.
Giaour Word for a
person who is not Muslim, but...
-
ethnic group in
Transylvania in 1733, but
legislation continued to use
contemptuous adjectives (such as "tolerated" and "admitted") when
referring to them...
- not a country, or a province, or a
state –
although some
refer to it
contemptuously as a statelet: the
least controversial word
appears to be jurisdiction...
-
Capability Immaturity Model (CIMM) in
software engineering is a
parody acronym, a semi-serious
effort to
provide a
contrast to the
Capability Maturity...
- term was
coined by
Melody Maker's
Steve Sutherland in 1990 in a near-
contemptuous gesture,
focusing on how
bands involved in the scene,
rather than engaging...
-
singers for a
touring Elvis imitator, Judy
Davis is
contemptuous of the
cruddy act,
contemptuous of herself. The film's
emotional suggestiveness makes...
- Soundgarden, whom Q
magazine noted were "in
thrall to '70s rock, but
contemptuous of the genre's
overt ****ism and machismo". Jon
Wiederhorn of
Guitar World...
- from Dublin, Ireland. The
Oxford English Dictionary defines it as a "
contemptuous designation for a self-****ertive
worthless fellow",
citing the earliest...
