-- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.
Con"tu*me*ly (?), n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely.
Shak.
Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely.
Burke.
Con*tuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Contusing.] [L. contusus, p. p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for stud) to strike, Goth. stautan. See Stutter.] 1. To beat, pound, or bray together.
Roots, barks, and seeds contused together.
Bacon.