Where does “contumeliously” come from?
contumeliously (English) comes from English contumelious, from Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumēliōsus, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.
contumeliously (English): In a contumelious, insolent manner
Definitions
- In a contumelious, insolent manner
Ancestry of “contumeliously”, step by step