Contumelious (adj) (archaic)
kon-too-mee-lee-us
scornful and insulting; insolent.
Late Middle English: from Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumeliosus, from contumelia ‘abuse, insult’ (see contumely).
Example sentences
“I’m sick of your contumelious behaviour, it won’t be tolerated.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
