Contumeliousness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state or quality of being contumelious.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Insolence; contempt; contumely.
  • Word Usage
    "Her female parent excuses to me such flabbergasting demeanour on the plea that her daughter is afflicted with great shyness and maidenly modesty, but, on perceiving that she can be skittish and genial in the company of other masculines, I am forced to attribute her contumeliousness to the circumstance that I am a native gentleman of a dark complexion."