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Definition of Contumeliousness

Contumeliousness
Contumelious Con`tu*me"li*ous (?or ?; 106), a. [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.

Meaning of Contumeliousness from wikipedia

- liability. An actio iniuriarum requires that the conduct of the defender be 'contumelious'—that is, it must show such hubristic disregard of the pursuer's recognised...
- contemn, contemnible, contempt, contemptible, contumacious, contumacy, contumelious, contumely tempor- time Latin tempus, temporis contemporaneous, contemporary...
- denying, cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, His creation, government or final judging of the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus...
- contemn, contemnible, contempt, contemptible, contumacious, contumacy, contumelious, contumely tempor- time Latin tempus, temporis contemporaneous, contemporary...
- von ****za. In 1242, Hugh of Tuffenstein provoked Count Rudolf through contumelious expressions.[clarification needed] In turn, the Count of Habsburg had...
- scandalous, pernicious, rash, injurious to the Church and its practices, contumelious to Church and State, seditious, impious, blasphemous, suspected and savouring...
- or as coloured (Dutch: Kleurling). Additionally, a wide range of more contumelious terms, such as liplap, can be found in the literature. Eurasians in the...
- mines. The judge ruled that CSR acted with 'continuing, conscious and contumelious' disregard for its workers' safety and that Rabenault should be awarded...
- should never be allowed to reign, because that is 'repugnant to nature, contumelious to God, a thing most contrary to his revealed will and approved ordinance...
- "contumely") was a delict in Roman law for the outrage, or affront, caused by contumelious action (whether in the form of words or deeds) taken against another...