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Contumely

//ˈkɒnt͡ʃuːməli// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult. countable, uncountable

    "For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time, / The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely, [...]"

  2. 2
    a rude expression intended to offend or hurt wordnet

Etymology

From Old French contumelie, from Latin contumēlia (“insult”), perhaps from com- + tumeō (“swell”).

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