-
contemnere and from con-
intensive prefix +
temnere "to slight, scorn";
contemptuous appeared in 1529.
Ekman and
Friesen (1986)
identified a
specific facial...
- than
being compensatory, at
common law
damages may
instead be nominal,
contemptuous or exemplary.
Among the Saxons, a
monetary value called a
weregild was...
-
immigrants in the US,
mentions the word as
being used by Jews to
refer contemptuously to
other (Eastern) Jews: Es ist
nicht erhebend zu sehen, wie verworren...
-
derogatory (critical or disrespectful),
pejorative (disapproving or
contemptuous), or
insulting manner.
Giaour Word for a
person who is not Muslim, but...
- not a country, or a province, or a
state –
although some
refer to it
contemptuously as a statelet: the
least controversial word
appears to be jurisdiction...
-
Francigenum (lit. 'French work'); the term
Gothic was
first applied contemptuously during the
later Renaissance, by
those ambitious to
revive the architecture...
-
Capability Immaturity Model (CIMM) in
software engineering is a
parody acronym, a semi-serious
effort to
provide a
contrast to the
Capability Maturity...
- to Ben-Gurion's
vision of the
Jewish homeland in Palestine, and how
contemptuous he was not only of the
Arabs but of
Jewish life
outside Zion. [Liberal...
- Soundgarden, whom Q
magazine noted were "in
thrall to '70s rock, but
contemptuous of the genre's
overt ****ism and machismo". Jon
Wiederhorn of
Guitar World...
- preoccupations, just as 'self-contradiction' is
always one of his most
contemptuous comments".
Blake abhorred slavery, and
believed in
racial and ****ual...
