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contemner

noun

Etymology

From contemn + -er.

  1. derived from contemnō — “to scorn”
  2. derived from contemner
  3. inherited from contempnen
  4. suffixed as contemner — “contemn + er”

Definitions

  1. One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another.

    • Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /.
    • I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ”
    • From all of which Isabel gathered that Lord Warburton was a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways.

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