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单词 contemptor
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contemptorn.

Brit. /kənˈtɛm(p)tə/, U.S. /kənˈtɛm(p)tər/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin contemptor.
Etymology: < classical Latin contemptor person who despises, scorner < contempt- , past participial stem of contemnere contemn v. + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier contemner n., contemnor n.Compare Anglo-Norman contemptour, Middle French, French contempteur (first half of the 14th cent. in Anglo-Norman, 1449 in continental French).
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.
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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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