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contumeliousness

contumeliousness noun: the state or quality of being contumelious.

Noun

contumeliousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being contumelious.

Origin of contumeliousness

From contumelious + -ness.

Questions about contumeliousness

What does contumeliousness mean?
Contumeliousness means the state or quality of being contumelious.
What part of speech is contumeliousness?
Contumeliousness is a noun.

Words near contumeliousness in the dictionary

  1. contumatious
  2. contumatiously
  3. contumelies
  4. contumelious
  5. contumeliously
  6. contumeliousness
  7. contumely
  8. contund
  9. contunded
  10. contunding
  11. contunds

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