Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-TEMPT'U-OUS
CON-TEMPT'I-BLYCON-TEMPT'U-OUS-LY
CON-TEMPT'U-OUS, a.
Manifesting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; as, contemptuous language or manner; a contemptuous opinion. Applied to men, apt to despise; haughty; insolent; as, a nation, proud, severe, contemptuous. – Milton.
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