Part 2374

<h1>Contubernal, Contubernial</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw><hw>Con*tu"ber*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Con`tu*ber"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contubernalis</ets> a tent companion, fr. <ets>contubernium</ets> tent companionship.]</ety> <def>Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.</def>

<blockquote>Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben <b>contubernial</b> with the Lord, thy King. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contumacious</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`tu*ma"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contumax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>. See <er>Contumacy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.</def>

<blockquote>There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, <b>contumacious sinner</b>. <i>Hammond.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con`tu*ma"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con`tu*ma"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Contumacy</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tu*ma*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Contumacies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>contumacia</ets>, fr. <ets>contumax</ets>, <ets>-acis</ets>, insolent; prob. akin to <ets>contemnere</ets> to despise: cf. F. <ets>contumace</ets>. Cf. <er>Contemn</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.</def>

<blockquote>The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold <b>contumacy</b>. <i>Strype.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.</syn>

<h1>Contumelious</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con`tu*me"li*ous</hw> <tt>(?&or; ?; 106)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contumeliosus</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.</def>

<blockquote>Scoffs, and scorns, and <b>contumelious</b> taunts. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Curving a <b>contumelious</b> lip. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Shameful; disgraceful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Contumely</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con"tu*me*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contumelia</ets>, prob. akin to <ets>contemnere</ets> to despise: cf. OF. <ets>contumelie</ets>. Cf. <er>Contumacy</er>.]</ety> <def>Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.</def>

<blockquote>The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's <b>contumely</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as <b>contumely</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Contuse</h1> <Xpage=316>

<hw>Con*tuse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Contused</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Contusing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>contusus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>contundere</ets> to beat, crush; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>tundere</ets> to beat, akin to Skr. <ets>tud</ets> (for <ets>stud</ets>) to strike, Goth. <ets>stautan</ets>. See <er>Stutter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To beat, pound, or together.</def>