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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1573
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Contumelie, n. [ME. (Chaucer) and OF. contumelie, L. contumēlia.] Scornful insolence in word or deed. — 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 349.
Quhilis a realme is translatit fra a pepil til ane vthire for iniustis, and contumeliis, and crymes committit 1533 Boece x. iv. 354 b.
Vtheris haldis the hede of Athelstane was … apoun ane staik fixt … in contymuelie [sic] and derisioun 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 358.
Lettres full of contumeleis and opprobreis
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