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Contemptible

//kənˈtɛmptəbəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Deserving contempt.

    "But a Devil came in juſt in the God-ſpeed, and told them; Gentlemen Philoſophers, (ſays he) if you vvould knovv the VVretched'ſt, and moſt contemptible thing in the VVorld; It is an Alchymiſt: […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    deserving of contempt or scorn wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English contemptible, from Latin contemptibilis.

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