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† ˈcontumax, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 contimax, -ymax.
[a. L. contumāx insolent, obstinate, showing contempt of court (also a technical word of criminal law in Fr.), f. con- prefix and -āx suffix (-acious); the radical part tum- is generally referred to tumē-re to swell, but some would connect it with tem-n-ĕre to despise.]
= contumacious.
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋328 Contimax is he þat þorugh his indignacioun is agains euerych auctorite..of hem þat been his souerayns. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab. 35 The Court is called, and yee are Contumax. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 248/1 Brynge hyder a bedde of yron that laurence contymax may lye theron. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 555 In the end..was that worthy Martyr decreed Contumax, that is, sturdily, frowardly, and wilfully absent. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 154 They shall be halden as contumax and censurit thairfore. |