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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1533-1626
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Contumelious, -ius, a. Also: -elios, -ulus. [Late ME. (Caxton), OF. contumelieus, L. contumēliōsus.] Full of contumely; scornful, despiteful.1533 Boece iii. xvi. 114 b (the presumptuos & contumelios wourdis of Caratake). 1567 Acts III. 14/1 (contumelious to the eternall God). a1578 Pitsc. I. 100/30 (money wther contumulus sayingis). 1584 Acts III. 292/2 (seditious and contumelious spechis). 1622-6 Bisset II. 261/15 (approbrious or contumelius wordis).
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