Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Insolence; contempt; contumely.
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- noun The state or quality of being
contumelious .
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Examples
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Her female parent excuses to me such flabbergasting demeanour on the plea that her daughter is afflicted with great shyness and maidenly modesty, but, on perceiving that she can be skittish and genial in the company of other masculines, I am forced to attribute her contumeliousness to the circumstance that I am a native gentleman of a dark complexion.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895
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Naturally I made the answer that I had recently offered to fulfil same to best ability, but that, my offer having been declined with contumeliousness, the affair was now on its end.
Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895
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