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- Latin · derived fromcontumēliōsus“insulting; abusive”
- Old French · derived fromcontumelieus
- English todaycontumelious
From Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumēliōsus (“insulting; abusive”), from contumēlia (“affront, abuse, insult”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.