boos, bafflement, with contumely, revile

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 dismissed with contumely


contumely (KON-too-muh-lee, kuhn-TOO-muh-lee, KON-tuhm-lee, -tyoo-, -tyoom-)

noun: Contemptuous or insulting treatment arising from arrogance.

(kŏn'tū-mə-lē, -tyū-, -təm-lē)
n., pl., -lies.

1. Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
2. An insolent or arrogant remark or act.

[Middle English contumelie, from Old French, from Latin contumēlia, akin to contumāx, insolent.]

contumelious con'tu·me'li·ous (kŏn'tə-mē'lē-əs) adj.
contumeliously con'tu·me'li·ous·ly adv.

【hc幾月前有一daily verse檔案；每天應讀首詩…….. 恰巧rl今天介紹contumely （wotd20050815：insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment. 侮辱性之言語或行為；a humiliating insult. （言語或行為上之）傲慢，無禮）】

我找出他選的文摘之二： But if the various banking-houses refuse to avail themselves of Mr. Micawber's abilities, or receive the offer of them with contumely, what is the use of dwelling upon THAT idea? （Source: Charles Dickens: « David Copperfield » Chapter 28 ）

「不過要是各家銀行不肯借重密考伯先生的長才，或者不接納密考伯先生的投效，而態度傲慢，老談這方面的打算又有什麼用？」（思果先生譯《大衛‧考勃非爾》p. 610）

Etymology
Via French from Latin contumelia (insult), probably from con- (with) + tumere (to swell).

Usage
"Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot was greeted mostly with boos, bafflement, and contumely when it was first seen in 1955." — Robert Gore-Langton; Wating for Godot vs Legally Blonde; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Jan 21, 2010.

"For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely." — William Shakespeare; Hamlet; c. 1600.


bafflement
tr.v., -fled, -fling, -fles.

1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie.
2. To impede the force or movement of.

n.

1. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
2. A partition that prevents interference between sound waves in a loudspeaker.

[Perhaps blend of Scottish Gaelic bauchle, to denounce, revile publicly, and French bafouer, to ridicule.]

bafflement baf'fle·ment n.
baffler baf'fler n.

revile

Syllabification: (re·vile)

Pronunciation: /riˈvīl/

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verb

[with object]

• criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner:he was now reviled by the party that he had helped to lead

Derivatives

revilement

noun

reviler

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French reviler, based on vil 'vile'

音節

re • vile

発音

riváil

revileの変化形

reviled (過去形) • reviled (過去分詞) • reviling (現在分詞) • reviles (三人称単数現在)

((形式))[動](他)…をののしる, 罵(ば)倒する.

━━(自)（…を）ののしる, あしざまに言う((at, against ...)).