The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contumeliousness
Contumelious \Con`tu*me"li*ous\ (?or ?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.]
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Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.
--Shak.Curving a contumelious lip.
--Tennyson. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.]
--Dr. H. More. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
contumeliousness
n. The state or quality of being contumelious.