Con"tu*me*ly (?), n. [L.
contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise:
cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.] Rudeness
compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence;
despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech;
disgrace.
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's
contumely.
Shak.
Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as
contumely.
Burke.