单词 | contemner |
释义 | contemnern. 1. A person who shows contempt or scorn for someone or something. Chiefly with of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person scorner1303 despisera1340 contemnera1522 contemnor1535 contemptor1559 disdainer1580 misprizer1582 despiter1601 disesteemer1611 slighter1646 cheapener1846 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. xi. 20 Meȝentius the kyng, that in hys day Contempnar clepit was of the goddis ay. 1582 G. Whetstone Heptameron Ciuill Disc. sig. X.iij A Mispriser of Religion, a contemner of Lawes, and an enemie to nature. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (ii. 12) 479 Contemners of grace in this present world, shall neuer partake of the glorie of the iust hereafter. 1668 J. Glanvill Blow at Mod. Sadducism Pref. sig. A4 They are sure to be out-voiced by the rout of ignorant contemners. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo ix, in Wks. (1721) III. 278 Haughty Contemners of the Good and Wise. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage III. xxxi. 267 Mr. Shaw, is a mere matter of fact man..—an objector to every thing new, a curtailer and contemner of all eloquence. 1861 W. S. Perry Hist. Church Eng. I. xv. 567 He was a great contemner of money. a1938 T. Wolfe Web & Rock (1939) vii. xlviii. 677 That brutal scorner with contemptuous tongue, that hog-necked contemner! 2001 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Aug. 6/1 He is a lover of pagan wisdom and frank contemner of ‘the dogmas of priestcraft’. 2. Law. A person who disobeys or disregards a law, court ruling, etc.; a person who is in contempt of court. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > disobedience to or contempt of court > one who rebelc1430 contemner1541 contemnor1569 1541–2 Act 33 Henry VIII c. 10 Preamble in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 841 To correcte and punyshe the Infringers and contemners thereof. 1593 R. Cosin Apol. for Sundrie Proc. (rev. ed.) i. xi. 76 The contemners of the processe, lawes and decrees of the Ecclesiasticall courts of this Realme, are by statute condemned. 1652 Coll. Orders heretofore used in Chauncery 60 (margin) Contemner to pay the costs double. 1697 in Act & Laws Massachusetts-Bay (1742) 79 Such Justice may issue out a Warrant of Contempt.., to bring the Contemner before him. 1777 H. Kames Elucidations Common & Statute Law Scotl. xlii. 363 A man, purchasing knowingly from a tenant in tail, lies open to a reduction as a contemner of the statute. 1877 Punch 3 Feb. 37 The Contemner of the Court of Arches. 1886 Atlantic Reporter 5 166 Where the proceeding for contempt is purely for the purpose of punishing the contemner, no appeal therefrom lies by either party. 1959 Daily Mail 3 Apr. 4/4 Matter relating to someone suspected of crime—published before an arrest—should be capable of being treated as contempt..when the alleged contemner knew that an arrest was imminent. 2007 Weekly Post (Rainsville, Alabama) 19 Apr. 2 b/3 (advt.) Civil contempt occurs when the contemner wilfully disobeys a court order. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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