contumely
Étymologie
[modifier le wikicode]- De l’ancien français contumelie, issu du latin contumēlia (« insulte »), peut-être constitué de tumeō (« gonfler ») avec le préfixe com-.
Nom commun
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contumelies \Prononciation ?\ |
contumely \ˈkɒntjuːməli\
- Outrage, affront, injure.
For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time, The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely [...].
— (William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, 1594)What scorn, what contumely, would be his!
— (Grace Livingston Hill, The Best Man, 1914)If this picture of the two psychical agencies and their relation to the consciousness is accepted, there is a complete analogy in political life to the extraordinary affection which I felt in my dream for my friend R., who was treated with such contumely during the dream's interpretation.
— (James Strachey, traduction de Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Avon Books, p. 178, 1953)I could think of no words adequate to the occasion. So I belched. Not out of contumely, you understand. It was a sympathetic belch, a belch of brotherhood.
— (Robert Nye, Falstaff, 1976)
Prononciation
[modifier le wikicode]- Royaume-Uni (Sud de l'Angleterre) : écouter « contumely [Prononciation ?] »
Références
[modifier le wikicode]- Cette page utilise des informations de l’article du Wiktionnaire en anglais, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 : contumely. (liste des auteurs et autrices)