Definition of Contomelious

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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