From William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 1 (I: 3):
Mayor:
Fie, lords! that you, being supreme magistrates,
Thus contumeliously should break the peace!contumeliously : Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Posted on January 13th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
Filed under: language & literature, word of the day
