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1 Henry VI: contumeliously

By Scott Granneman / 13 January 2007 13 January 2007 / language & literature, word of the day / language, shakespeare

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.

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