Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
contumacy .
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Examples
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Said that he âFelt more dirty after the campaign, â because of the untruths and sheer contumacity of the McCainiacs.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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Said that he “Felt more dirty after the campaign,” because of the untruths and sheer contumacity of the McCainiacs.
Top Ten Most Interesting or Perversely Damaged People of 2008 2008
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And now, Mdlle St. Pierre's affected interference provoked contumacity.
Formations. 1908
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As to contumacity, the writer was probably unaware that contumacy existed.
Formations. 1908
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And the contumacity of old men and women should not be strengthened by the reckless bestowal of shillings.
The Shuttle 1907
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And the contumacity of old men and women should not be strengthened by the reckless bestowal of shillings.
The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Mademoiselle St. Pierre's affected interference provoked contumacity.
Villette Charlotte Bront�� 1835
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a symptom of contumacity or an evidence of my being cowed by his peremptory manner.
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It was what I had fully purposed to do; but, first, the comic side of Monsieur’s behaviour had tempted me to delay, and now, Mademoiselle St. Pierre’s affected interference provoked contumacity.
Villette 2003
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