Contemptibility

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being contemptible. countable, uncountable

    "The contemptibilitie and vanitie of this effeminate argument detaines vs longer, then for the qualitie thereof vvere fitting, did not ſo much miſchiefe iſſue out of it."

  2. 2
    unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values wordnet

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basenessbasenesscontrarietydegradationdepravitydespicability

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"The contemptibilitie and vanitie of this effeminate argument detaines vs longer, then for the qualitie thereof vvere fitting, did not ſo much miſchiefe iſſue out of it."

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