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contemn

verb
/kənˈtɛm/

Etymology

From Middle English contempnen, from Old French contemner, from Latin contemnō (“to scorn”). See also contempt.

  1. derived from contemnō — “to scorn”
  2. derived from contemner
  3. inherited from contempnen

Definitions

  1. To disdain

    To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

    • I was perturbed by the suspicion that the anguish of love contemned was alloyed in her broken heart with the pangs, sordid to my young mind, of wounded vanity.

  2. To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court

    To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).

The neighborhood

Derived

contemnible, contemningly, uncontemned

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at contemn. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at contemn. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at contemn

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA