Associations to the word «Contumelious»

Wiktionary

CONTUMELIOUS, adjective. (archaic) (literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful.

Dictionary definition

CONTUMELIOUS, adjective. Arrogantly insolent.

Wise words

Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but principally by catch words.
Robert Louis Stevenson