What does contumatious mean?

contumatious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete

"What is it with a contumatious malice to trample underfeet the rich legacies of our forefathers purchased with swete and expence, I meane the Statute lawes, what is it but High Treason?"

more contumatious (comparative) most contumatious (superlative)

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