单词 | contemptor |
释义 | contemptorn. A person who shows contempt or scorn for someone or something. Also Law: a person who disobeys or disregards a law, court ruling, etc.; a person who is in contempt of court. Cf. contemnor n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person scorner1303 despisera1340 contemnera1522 contemnor1535 contemptor1559 disdainer1580 misprizer1582 despiter1601 disesteemer1611 slighter1646 cheapener1846 1559 J. Fecknam Oration in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) App. ix. 26 The Servants [are] Contemptors of their Masters Commandments. 1642 Ecclesiasticall Discipline of Reformed Churches France v. 19 Except the sinners were Hereticks, contemptors and scorners of God. 1680 J. Rushworth Tryal Thomas Earl of Strafford 433 An Affidavit made to him of the absence of the Contemptor of the first Warrant. 1850 Baroness Blaze de Bury Germania II. xx. 400 His dignity is such that I cannot imagine a contemptor of kings, however rude, who should not be awed by it. 1958 Ethics 68 211/1 Under the Clayton Act a contemptor is afforded a jury trial if he commits a contemptuous act outside of the presence of the court. 2007 Mod. Philol. 105 132 The contempt for literature is..less aversive than the bovine reverence for it one can also encounter: at least the contemptors had grappled with critique. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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