contemner
- a word derived from contemn.
Example Sentences
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There is not a dame, however curst, but would rather love than not; for if she were a contemner of love where would be her courtesy?
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by France, Marie de
"Alas! how soon our best resolutions pass away!—he was in a blessed frame for departure but now, and in two minutes he has become a contemner of authorities."
From Quentin Durward by Scott, Walter, Sir
The person that wants this wit may, indeed, be scorned, but the scorn shows the honour which the contemner has for wit.”
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel
For which reason, you, contemner of every sublime aspiration, I contemn!
From Chantecler Play in Four Acts by Rostand, Edmond
From all of which Isabel gathered that Lord Warburton was a nobleman of the newest pattern, a reformer, a radical, a contemner of ancient ways.
From The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by James, Henry
