[字彙] contumely (n) 傲慢地侮辱
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contumely
PRONUNCIATION:
(KON-too-muh-lee, kuhn-TOO-muh-lee, KON-tuhm-lee, -tyoo-, -tyoom-)
MEANING:
noun: Contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance.
ETYMOLOGY:
Via French from Latin contumelia (insult), probably from con- (with) + tumere
(to swell).
USAGE:
"Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot was greeted mostly with boos, bafflement,
and contumely when it was first seen in 1955."
Robert Gore-Langton; Wating for Godot vs Legally Blonde; The Daily Telegraph
(London, UK); Jan 21, 2010.
"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely?"
William Shakespeare; Hamlet; c. 1600.
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