Uttal

  • UttalUS
  • RP:
    • IPA: /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
  • US:
    • IPA: /ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
    • IPA: /ˌkɑːn.tjəˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
ÖversättningKontext
Adjektiv
1.gensträvig
2.tredskandelag

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
  2. (legal) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

Exempel

  • The queen hears of it; takes occaſion to paſſe wher he is, on purpoſe, that, under prætense of reconſiling to him, or ſeeking to draw a kind retractation from him of the cenſure on the marriage; to which end ſhe ſends a courtier before, to ſound whether he might be perſuaded to mitigate his ſentence; which not finding, ſhe herſelf craftily aſſays; and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ſuch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ſome paſſion, and at laſt, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.
  • In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.

Böjningsformer

Komparativmore contumacious
Superlativmost contumacious