contemner

== English == === Etymology === From contemn + -er. === Noun === contemner (plural contemners) (dated) One who contemns, who displays contempt towards another. ante 1588: Thomas Cartwright (probably), A Reproofe of Certeine Schismatical Persons, in Cartwrightiana (1951; edited by Albert Peel and Leland Henry Carlson), page 244 (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., Routledge; →ISBN, 0415319897) Præsumptuous violators or contemners of the sabbath or holie exercises /. 1861 November, Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Volume IX, Number LII (February 1862), page 10: I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel: / “As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; / […] ” ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French contemner, from Latin contemnere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.tɛm.ne/ === Verb === contemner (transitive, dated) to contemn Synonym: mépriser ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “contemner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 “contemner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle French == === Etymology === From Latin contemnere. === Verb === contemner (transitive) to contemn ==== Conjugation ==== Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: contemner === Further reading === contemner on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)