- contumelie
- CONTUMELIE. s. f. Outrage, injure. Ce mot n'est guere en usage.
Dictionnaire de l'Académie française . 1964.
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contumelie — Contumelie, et outrage, Contumelia. Endurer contumelies et paroles outrageuses, Perferre contumelias. Cic. Recevoir contumelie, Estre outragé de paroles, Contumeliam accipere. Cic. Dire contumelie et outrager aucun, Dicere contumeliam. Liu.… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
contumélie — ⇒CONTUMÉLIE, subst. fém. Vieilli, littér. Parole ou action atteignant une personne dans son amour propre, sa dignité; offense très grave. Certes, au point de vue des contumélies et des blasphèmes, des besognes sacrilèges et des galimafrées… … Encyclopédie Universelle
contumelia — con·tu·mè·lia s.f. CO parola, frase o espressione ingiuriosa, che costituisce insulto o villania: una sfilza di contumelie, dire, lanciare contumelie, coprire qcn. di contumelie {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1342. ETIMO: dal lat. contumēlĭa(m),… … Dizionario italiano
Contumely — Con tu*me*ly, n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. {Contumacy}.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contumely — noun (plural lies) Etymology: Middle English contumelie, from Middle French, from Latin contumelia Date: 14th century harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt; also an instance of such language or treatment … New Collegiate Dictionary
contumely — contumelious /kon tooh mee lee euhs, tyooh /, adj. contumeliously, adv. contumeliousness, n. /kon too meuh lee, tyoo ; keuhn tooh meuh lee, tyooh ; kon teuhm lee, tyoohm, cheuhm/, n., pl. contumelies. 1. insulting display of contempt in words or… … Universalium
contumélieusement — ⇒CONTUMÉLIEUSEMENT, adv. Vieilli, littér. D une manière injurieuse, méprisante. Je n aimerais pas qu on me fermât la porte trop contumélieusement au nez (MÉRIMÉE, Lettres Delessert, 1870, p. 12) : • ... il sera prouvé que l accusée a été six… … Encyclopédie Universelle
contumeliatore — con·tu·me·lia·tó·re agg., s.m. OB che, chi proferisce contumelie {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XIV … Dizionario italiano
calcio — calcio1 / kaltʃo/ s.m. [dal lat. calx calcis tallone ]. 1. (ant.) [parte posteriore del piede] ▶◀ calcagno, tallone. 2. (estens.) [parte con cui si impugna un arma da fuoco: il c. della pistola ] ▶◀ ‖ impugnatura. calcio2 s.m. [der. di… … Enciclopedia Italiana
contumely — [14] The idea underlying contumely ‘insolence’ is ‘swelling up’. It comes, via Old French contumelie, from Latin contumēlia ‘insult, reproach’, a compound noun formed from the intensive prefix com and (probably) tumēre ‘swell’ (source of English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
