Contumacy
31English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …
32disobedience — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refusal to obey Nouns 1. disobedience, insubordination, contumacy; infraction, infringement; naughtiness; violation, noncompliance; recusancy; nonobservance. Slang, behavishness, orneriness. See… …
33contumely — [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… …
34tumour — [16] Tumour is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin tumēre ‘swell’. Others include contumacy, contumely, tumid ‘swollen’ [16], and tumult [15]. => CONTUMACY, CONTUMELY, THIGH, THUMB, TUMID, TUMULT …
35contumely — [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… …
36tumour — [16] Tumour is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin tumēre ‘swell’. Others include contumacy, contumely, tumid ‘swollen’ [16], and tumult [15]. Cf.⇒ CONTUMACY, CONTUMELY, THIGH, THUMB, TUMID, TUMULT …
37in contumaciam — |inˌkȯntəˈmäkēˌäm adverb Etymology: Latin, literally, in contumacy : in contempt of or in disobedience to an order or summons of a court used chiefly in ecclesiastical law of one who has refused to submit to or appear in a court and who is… …
38con|tu|me|ly — «KON tu muh lee, tyu ; MEE ; kuhn TOO , TYOO », noun, plural lies. 1. insulting words or actions; humiliating treatment; insolent contempt: »The nobles treated the peasants with contumely. These people are willing to face the contempt of the… …
39Commission of rebellion — Rebellion Re*bel lion (r[ e]*b[e^]l y[u^]n), n. [F. r[ e]bellion, L. rebellio. See {Rebel}, v. i. Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed… …
40Contumely — 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;… …
